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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    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.”

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    Start with Ringworld →

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  • Cover of Heechee
    HeecheeSeries

    series · 19 books · 1972

    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 →

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  • Cover of CoDominium
    CoDominiumUniverse

    universe · 98 books · 1971

    Military science fiction.

    “The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”

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    Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

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    includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen

  • Cover of Starman Jones
    Starman JonesNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1953

    About coming of age, set in spaceship.

    “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

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  • Cover of The Final Architecture
    The Final ArchitectureSeries

    series · 6 books · 2021

    About war.

    “Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”

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    Start with Shards of Earth →

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  • Cover of Space Beagle
    Space BeagleSeries

    series · 5 books · 1939

    completed

    Set in spaceship.

    Start with Black Destroyer →

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