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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in far future and 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
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction, set in other star systems and 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
Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
Military science fiction, about war, set in far future and other star systems.
HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
Space opera, about space exploration, set in far future and 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 →
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
Space opera, about uplift, set in far future and other star systems.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift Storm, Uplift
The Android's DreamSeries
series2 books2006
Space opera and humor, funny in tone, set in near future.
“John Scalzi's The Android's Dream follows ex-soldier Harry Creek as the hunt for a replacement leads him to Robin Baker, an ordinary woman carrying hidden sheep DNA that makes her the key to avoiding a war.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Android's Dream →