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Anna Nestor-Sigrid / The AighorsSeries
series4 books1975
completed
Adventurous in tone.
“Greg Bear wrote it as a standalone 1980 novel rather than the start of a series.”
from the catalogue
Start with Perihesperon →
DareNovel
Philip José Farmerstandalone novel1965
Science fiction, about forbidden love and aliens, set in far future and other star systems.
“For the humans of Dare still lived by the standards and mores of three hundred years before when they had been mysteriously whisked away from Earth and brought to this new planet.”
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HestiaNovel
C. J. Cherryhstandalone novel1979
Tense in tone, about space colonization.
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue
Start with Foundation →
includes The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Positronic Robot Stories, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.
“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, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds
Lunar ChroniclesSeries
series15 books2011
Adventurous in tone, about political intrigue.
“Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic.”
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Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →