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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
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, Hanan Rebellion, Company Wars, The Hinder Stars, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration, Unionside
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, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
About uplift.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift, Uplift Storm
Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
About space exploration, set in spaceship.
Start with Black Destroyer →
WolflingNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1969
About political intrigue and class conflict.
“Jim was just another wolfling to Afuan - a lesser being from a backward colony world.”
from the catalogue