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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, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

AcornaUniverse

universe16 books1997

Science fantasy and science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“A silver-horned child drifts alone in an escape pod, and three grizzled asteroid miners haul her aboard, not yet knowing they have adopted a legend.”
from the catalogue

Start with Acorna: The Unicorn Girl →

includes Acorna's Children

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, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World

Starship TroopersNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959

Military science fiction, about war and coming of age.

HeecheeSeries

series19 books1972

completed

Science fiction and space opera, about aliens and space exploration, set in far future and space.

“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

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sundiver →

includes Uplift, Uplift Storm

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