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RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

About aliens, set in spaceship.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
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Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

includes Rama (2)

Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

series16 books1983

About space exploration and aliens.

“Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”
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Start with The Engines of God →

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.”
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Start with Gateway →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →

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

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

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

EmbassytownNovel

China Miévillestandalone novel2011

About aliens and space colonization.

“In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak.”
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