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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

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 →

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

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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 →

includes Fleet of Worlds, Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars

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 Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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 →

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

Old Man's WarSeries

series16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue

Start with Old Man's War →

Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

series8 books1976

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

Start with The Outcasts of Heaven Belt →

More like The Shadows Attack