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2312Novel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
Hard science fiction, about terraforming and ecological collapse, set in other star systems.
Fallen DragonNovel
Peter F. Hamiltonstandalone novel2001
Set in other star systems.
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
About uplift and aliens, set in other star systems.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift Storm, Uplift
Known SpaceUniverse
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Military science fiction, about war, set in other star systems.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Old Man's War →
Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
About space exploration and 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.”
from the catalogue