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Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
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 Company Wars, Chanur, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Mri Wars, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside, Age of Exploration
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military science fiction, set in far future and 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.”
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Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Expanded Honorverse, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)
StarplexNovel
Robert J. Sawyerstandalone novel1996
First contact, about aliens and space exploration, set in spaceship.
“For nearly twenty years Earth's space exploration had exploded outward, thanks to a series of mysterious, artificial wormholes.”
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VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
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Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Adventurous in tone, about aliens and space exploration.
“One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”
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ColonyNovel
Ben Bovastandalone novel1978
Dystopia, about survival, set in space station.
“Bova later folded both novels together into the omnibus The Kinsman Saga.”
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