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  • Cover of Rama
    RamaUniverse

    universe · 7 books · 1973

    Set in spaceship.

    “Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

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    includes Rama (2)

  • Cover of Heechee
    HeecheeSeries

    series · 19 books · 1972

    completed

    Space opera, about space exploration.

    “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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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

    “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, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars

  • Cover of The Colors of Space
    The Colors of SpaceNovel

    Marion Zimmer Bradley · standalone novel · 1963

    Space opera, adventurous in tone, about space exploration.

    “The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
    Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

    series · 16 books · 1983

    About space exploration.

    “Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Engines of God →

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  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots.

    “There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Foundation →

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    includes Foundation, The Positronic Robot Stories, Trantorian Empire, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories)