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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Set in spaceship and other star systems.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
from the catalogue
Citizen of the GalaxyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957
About identity and slavery, set in other star systems.
“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
from the catalogue
CytoverseUniverse
universe10 books2008
Set in other star systems.
“Detritus is a dead world buried under the wreckage of a hundred fallen starships, and the humans caverned beneath it live by one hard truth: to survive, you climb into a cockpit and you fight.”
from the catalogue
Start with Skyward →
includes Skyward
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, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military science fiction, set in other star systems.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Worlds of Honor anthologies, Saganami Island, Honor Harrington, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Expanded Honorverse
UnstoppableSeries
series4 books2021
Hopeful in tone, about aliens.
Start with Victories Greater Than Death →