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  • Cover of Rama
    RamaUniverse

    universe · 7 books · 1973

    Science fiction, about aliens, set in space and spaceship.

    “Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

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    includes Rama (2)

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

    universe · 39 books · 1977

    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 →

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

  • Cover of CoDominium
    CoDominiumUniverse

    universe · 98 books · 1971

    Military science fiction, set in other star systems and far future.

    “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 →

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

  • Cover of Cities in Flight
    Cities in FlightSeries

    series · 10 books · 1950

    completed

    Space opera, about space colonization, set in far future.

    “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 →

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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of Voyagers (Ben Bova)
    Voyagers (Ben Bova)Series

    series · 4 books · 1981

    completed

    Science fiction and first contact, set in near future.

    “Even if he loses the only woman he's ever really loved.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Voyagers →

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