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series36 books1957

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

“The Hospital was founded to promote peace after humanity's first interstellar war, and in the fourth book the authorities conclude that its emergency services are the most effective way to make peaceful contact with new species.”
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Start with Hospital Station →

The Fountains of ParadiseNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1979

Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in space.

“Set in the 22nd century, it describes the construction of a space elevator.”
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VorkosiganUniverse

universe27 books1986

Space opera, set in other star systems.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
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Start with Shards of Honor →

includes Quaddies, Miles Vorkosigan, Cordelia Vorkosigan

The Gods ThemselvesNovel

Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1972

Hard science fiction, challenging in tone, set in parallel universe and other star systems.

HeecheeSeries

series19 books1972

completed

Space opera, about space exploration, set in space and other star systems.

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

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, 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.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Ender's Shadow, Fleet School

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