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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.”
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Start with Ringworld →

includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

Space opera and military science fiction, set in far future and space.

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
from the catalogue

Start with Dauntless →

includes Beyond the Frontier, Outlands (The Lost Fleet), The Lost Stars, The Genesis Fleet

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Set in other star systems.

“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 →

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

RCNSeries

series15 books1998

completed

About political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“David Drake's RCN series follows Daniel Leary, an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, and Adele Mundy, a librarian who moonlights as a spy, across a run of standalone-but-connected novels beginning with With the Lightnings.”
from the catalogue

Start with With the Lightnings →

HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Set in other star systems.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue

Start with On Basilisk Station →

includes Worlds of Honor anthologies, Saganami Island, Honor Harrington, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Expanded Honorverse, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)

Siobhan DunmooreSeries

series9 books2014

Space opera and military science fiction, tense in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

“Eric Thomson's Siobhan Dunmoore novels follow the title character, a starship captain in a human interstellar navy, as she takes on progressively higher commands amid escalating war and political rot within her own military.”
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Start with No Honor in Death →

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