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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens.

    “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 →

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    includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars

  • Cover of Cities in Flight
    Cities in FlightSeries

    series · 10 books · 1950

    completed

    About space colonization.

    “The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with They Shall Have Stars →

    similar byfar futurescience fictionspace operaspace+4 more

  • Cover of Future History
    Future HistorySeries

    series · 42 books · 1939

    completed

    Science fiction.

    “The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Life-Line →

    similar byscience fiction+4 more

  • Cover of Heechee
    HeecheeSeries

    series · 19 books · 1972

    completed

    About aliens.

    “The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gateway →

    similar byfar futurescience fictionspacespace operaspace explorationother star systems+1 more

  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    About political intrigue.

    “The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dune →

    similar byfar futurescience fictionspace operaother star systems

    includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

  • Cover of CoDominium
    CoDominiumUniverse

    universe · 98 books · 1971

    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 →

    similar byfar futurescience fictionother star systems

    includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World