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Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968

Space opera, about quests and revenge, set in other star systems.

“The plot concerns the spaceship captain Lorq Von Ray's search for a nova, which will produce the essential power source Illyrion, and his vendetta with the Red family, who seek to kill him.”
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Against a Dark BackgroundNovel

Iain M. Banksstandalone novel1993

Space opera, about heist and magical artifacts, set in other star systems.

StarstreamSeries

series2 books1989

completed

Space opera, tense in tone, set in other star systems.

“The two were published within a year of each other under the same author.”
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Start with From a Changeling Star →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens, set in other star systems.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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Start with For Love of Mother-Not →

includes Pip & Flinx, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

series11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
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Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

The LeagueSeries

series15 books1994

Space opera, set in other star systems.

“Sherrilyn Kenyon's The League opens with Born of Night, a science-fiction romance centered on an assassin protagonist, continuing across more than a dozen further 'Born of...' novels.”
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Start with Born of the Night →

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