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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
About space exploration and coming of age.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
Science fiction, set in far future.
“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue
Start with Heavy Time →
includes Chanur, Mri Wars, Company Wars, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction.
“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 →
includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World
WolflingNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1969
Tense in tone, about class conflict.
“Jim was just another wolfling to Afuan - a lesser being from a backward colony world.”
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The AlgebraistNovel
Iain M. Banksstandalone novel2004
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue and aliens, set in far future and space.