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universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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Start with Heavy Time →

includes Company Wars, The Hinder Stars, Chanur, Mri Wars, Unionside, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration, Era of Rapprochement

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Start with Sundiver →

includes Uplift Storm, Uplift

Old Man's WarSeries

series16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Start with Old Man's War →

Cities in FlightSeries

series10 books1950

completed

Science fiction and space opera, about space colonization, set in far future and space.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
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Start with The Rowan →

includes Tower and the Hive, Talents (Anne McCaffrey)

Terro-Human Future HistoryUniverse

universe48 books1952

Science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“History does not repeat, Piper's chroniclers are fond of saying — it rhymes, and it rhymes in iron.”
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Start with Little Fuzzy →

includes Terro-Human, Terro-Human (Wehr)

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