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Fifth PlanetNovel
Fred Hoyle & Geoffrey Hoylestandalone novel1963
First contact, adventurous in tone.
The Black CloudNovel
Fred Hoylestandalone novel1957
Hard science fiction, tense in tone, about survival, set in our world.
Cosmic Trilogy (C. S. Lewis)Series
series4 books1938
completed
About faith and religion.
Start with Out of the Silent Planet →
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 Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction, 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, Laurie Jo Hansen, Falkenberg's Legion, War World
HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
Space opera, set in far future.
“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 →