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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
About coming of age.
“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
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.
“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.
“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, Falkenberg's Legion, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen
Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
Science fiction, set in far future.
“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue
Start with Heavy Time →
includes Chanur, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Company Wars, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside
Mission to UniverseNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1965
Adventure, tense in tone.
“Forever and a day - Brigadier General Benjamin Shore ignores a Presidential command and launches a revolutionary phase ship and its crew on an incredible journey deep into uncharted regions toward Galactic Centerpoint...”
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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.
“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, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth