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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in far future.
“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 →
includes Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Set in far future.
“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 →
includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen
Ender's GameUniverse
universe39 books1977
Set in far future.
“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ender's Game →
includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries
series8 books1976
Space opera, set in far future.
Start with The Outcasts of Heaven Belt →
ThistledownSeries
series5 books1978
completed
Hard science fiction, set in far future.
Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
Space opera, about uplift, set in far future.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift, Uplift Storm