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  • Cover of CoDominium
    CoDominiumUniverse

    universe · 98 books · 1971

    Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

    “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, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World

  • Cover of Future History
    Future HistorySeries

    series · 42 books · 1939

    completed

    Science fiction.

    “The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Life-Line →

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  • Cover of Rama
    RamaUniverse

    universe · 7 books · 1973

    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 →

    similar byscience fiction+3 more

    includes Rama (2)

  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots.

    “There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Foundation →

    similar byfar futurescience fiction+1 more

    includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Positronic Robot Stories, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories), The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov

  • Cover of Terro-Human Future History
    Terro-Human Future HistoryUniverse

    universe · 48 books · 1952

    Set in other star systems.

    “History does not repeat, Piper's chroniclers are fond of saying — it rhymes, and it rhymes in iron.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Little Fuzzy →

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    includes Terro-Human, Terro-Human (Wehr)

  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    Set in other star systems.

    “The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dune →

    similar byfar futurescience fictionspace operapolitical intrigue

    includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe