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universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →

includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

HeecheeSeries

series19 books1972

completed

About aliens and space exploration.

“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 →

Cities in FlightSeries

series10 books1950

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 →

Solar QueenSeries

series7 books1955

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

“Andre Norton's Solar Queen novels follow the crew of a free-trader starship under Captain Jellico as they scrape by hauling cargo and making first contact on the fringes of settled space.”
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Start with Sargasso of Space →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sundiver →

includes Uplift, Uplift Storm

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 Chanur, Mri Wars, Company Wars, Hanan Rebellion, The Hinder Stars, Age of Exploration, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside

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