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universe173 books1976

Science fiction, 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, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Age of Exploration, Era of Rapprochement, Hanan Rebellion, Morgaine

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Space opera and military science fiction, tense in tone, set in 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

Tom Corbett Space CadetSeries

series11 books1952

Space opera.

“The books were ghostwritten under the house name Carey Rockwell, with rocket scientist Willy Ley credited as technical advisor, tying the series to the 1950s Tom Corbett television franchise it was spun off from.”
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Start with Stand by for Mars! →

Lucky StarrSeries

series8 books1952

completed

“Conceived partly as a science-fictional take on the Lone Ranger, the six-book series lets Asimov work real planetary science into old-fashioned adventure plots.”
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Start with David Starr: Space Ranger →

StenSeries

series11 books1982

completed

Space opera and military science fiction, about war and political intrigue.

“The Sten Chronicles, also called The Sten Adventures, are a series of eight military science fiction and space opera novels by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole published from 1982 to 1993.”
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Start with Sten →

Arcot, Morey and WadeSeries

series7 books1930

completed

Space opera, about space exploration and aliens, set in other star systems.

“The books follow the same trio of scientist-adventurers through escalating, gadget-driven space adventures typical of early Golden Age SF, continuing through Islands of Space and Invaders from the Infinite.”
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Start with The Black Star Passes →

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