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Solar QueenSeries
series7 books1955
Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and spaceship.
“Andre Norton's Solar Queen novels follow the crew of a free-trader starship under Captain Jellico as they scrape by hauling cargo and making first contact on the fringes of settled space.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sargasso of Space →
Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
Tense in tone, about aliens.
Start with Black Destroyer →
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
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 →
includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds
The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Dark in tone, about revenge and identity, set in other star systems.
HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
About aliens, 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 →
Cities in FlightSeries
series10 books1950
completed
About space colonization.
“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue
Start with They Shall Have Stars →