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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.
“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, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Neverness UniverseSeries
series6 books1985
Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.
Start with Shanidar →
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 Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Learning the WorldNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005
First contact and hard science fiction, about space colonization, set in spaceship.
“On the fringes, less modified humans get on with the job of settling a universe that has, so far, been empty of intelligent life.”
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The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About immortality.
Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in spaceship.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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