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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens, set in other star systems.

    “Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ringworld →

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    includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of CoDominium
    CoDominiumUniverse

    universe · 98 books · 1971

    Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

    “The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

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    includes Moties, Laurie Jo Hansen, Falkenberg's Legion, War World

  • Cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Universe
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

    universe · 18 books · 1979

    Humor, funny in tone.

    “The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →

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    includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently

  • Cover of Starman Jones
    Starman JonesNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1953

    About space exploration and coming of age, set in spaceship.

    “Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Citizen of the Galaxy
    Citizen of the GalaxyNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1957

    About coming of age and identity, set in other star systems.

    “On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Heechee
    HeecheeSeries

    series · 19 books · 1972

    completed

    About aliens and space exploration, set in other star systems.

    “The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gateway →

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