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Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
Adventurous in tone, about aliens.
Start with Black Destroyer →
Pushing IceNovel
Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2005
Hard science fiction and first contact, about aliens, set in other star systems.
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 Company Wars, Chanur, Hanan Rebellion, Mri Wars, Age of Exploration, The Hinder Stars, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside
David RyersonSeries
series2 books1958
completed
Science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, about survival and space exploration, set in far future and space.
“The Enemy Stars follows the crew of a faster-than-light survey ship stranded far from home after their matter-transmission drive is damaged, forced to keep the vessel and each other going across a voyage that will outlast some of them.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Enemy Stars →
The Stars Are LegionNovel
Kameron Hurleystandalone novel2017
Dark in tone.
The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
About political intrigue and aliens, set in other star systems.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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