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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens, set in 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 →
includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds
A Planet Called TreasonNovel
Orson Scott Cardstandalone novel1979
About identity.
“After being heavily revised, and growing roughly 50 pages longer, it was republished in 1988 by St. Martin's under the title Treason.”
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UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
Space opera, about uplift and aliens, set in space.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift, Uplift Storm
FridayNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1982
About identity, set in north america and near future.
“Artificial humans are widely resented, and much of the story deals with Friday's struggle both against prejudice and to conceal her enhanced attributes from other humans.”
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2312Novel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
Hard science fiction, about terraforming and space colonization, set in space.
ReclamationNovel
Sarah Zettelstandalone novel1996
About artificial intelligence and aliens, set in space.
“Priest and peasant plunge into a mystery mixing myth, genetics, artifacts, aliens, AIs, slavery, and Reclamation.”
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