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Iain M. Banksstandalone novel1993

About magical artifacts and found family, set in other star systems.

series21 books1957

completed

Funny in tone, about con artists.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

Jean le FlambeurSeries

series3 books2010

Challenging in tone, about virtual reality and artificial intelligence, set in other star systems.

“Jean le Flambeur is a master thief broken out of a virtual prison to pull off one more impossible heist, in a solar system reshaped by uploaded minds, post-human factions, and economies built on memory and privacy themselves.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Quantum Thief →

Master Thief GemSeries

series2 books2003

Set in other star systems.

“Meet Gem ser'Edreth, a wizard with electronics -- and a freelance thief.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Tomorrow Log →

Keiko / Dark RunSeries

series3 books2015

Set in spaceship.

“Captain Ichabod Drift attempts to make a dark run, delivering a special cargo to Earth aboard the Keiko, a ship full of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, who are actually the good guys in a corrupt galaxy.”
from the catalogue

Start with Dark Run →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in 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

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