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DeathworldSeries
series4 books1960
completed
Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space colonization and survival, set in far future and other star systems.
“The central hero is a gambler who becomes involved with colonists of an extremely hostile planet.”
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Start with Deathworld →
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.”
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Start with Heavy Time →
includes Company Wars, Chanur, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Mri Wars, Unionside, Age of Exploration, Era of Rapprochement
The OutposterNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972
About class conflict, set in space.
“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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Catteni SequenceSeries
series5 books1970
completed
About slavery and aliens.
“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →
Lost Missions / Paradisi ChroniclesSeries
series3 books2019
Science fiction and space opera, about space colonization and survival, set in far future and spaceship.
“Suddenly he finds the colonization effort is for another planet, in another galaxy, and he's the sole human guinea pig being gated through a wormhole with an AI playing Noah to LETO SS Casindra's ark.”
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Start with Casindra Lost →
Fallen DragonNovel
Peter F. Hamiltonstandalone novel2001
Set in space.