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Whipping StarNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1970
First contact, about political intrigue.
“From Amazon: In the far future, humankind has made contact with numerous other species: Gowachin, Laclac, Wreaves, Pan Spechi, Taprisiots, and Caleban, and has helped to form the ConSentiency to govern among the species.”
from the catalogue
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in space 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, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Hospital EarthSeries
series3 books1957
completed
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in galactic scale and far future.
Start with Rx →
Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Set in other star systems and space.
“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue
Start with For Love of Mother-Not →
includes Pip & Flinx, The Founding of the Commonwealth, Icerigger Trilogy
The Colors of SpaceNovel
Marion Zimmer Bradleystandalone novel1963
Mysterious in tone, set in other star systems and space.
“The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”
from the catalogue
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
About uplift, set in other star systems and space.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift Storm, Uplift