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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens.

    “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 →

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    includes Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of Heechee
    HeecheeSeries

    series · 19 books · 1972

    completed

    About aliens and space exploration.

    “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 →

    similar byscience fictionfar futurespacespace operaother star systems+1 more

  • Cover of Cities in Flight
    Cities in FlightSeries

    series · 10 books · 1950

    completed

    About space colonization.

    “The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with They Shall Have Stars →

    similar byscience fictionfar futurespacespace opera+3 more

  • Cover of Uplift Universe
    UpliftUniverse

    universe · 13 books · 1980

    About uplift and aliens.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Sundiver →

    similar byscience fictionadventurousfar futurespacespace operaother star systems+1 more

    includes Uplift, Uplift Storm

  • Cover of The Stars My Destination
    The Stars My DestinationNovel

    Alfred Bester · standalone novel · 1956

    Dark in tone, about revenge and identity.

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  • Cover of Ender's Game Universe
    Ender's GameUniverse

    universe · 39 books · 1977

    Science fiction, set in far future.

    “To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ender's Game →

    similar byscience fictionfar future+5 more

    includes Ender Wiggin, First Formic War, Ender's Shadow, Second Formic War, Fleet School