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series6 books1983

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“Teenager Hope Hubris and his family flee the Jupiter moon Callisto after their home becomes unlivable, joining a crowded convoy of refugees crammed into a barely spaceworthy 'bubble' bound for the gas giant's cloud cities.”
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Start with Refugee →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

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, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside, Chanur, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Mri Wars, Age of Exploration

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

includes Laurie Jo Hansen, Moties, War World, Falkenberg's Legion

To the Stars (Harrison)Series

series3 books1980

completed

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in other star systems.

“One of the elite stumbles onto the knowledge that news and opinions are being carefully managed to whitewash the situation, which leads him to throw his lot in with those who oppose it.”
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Start with Homeworld →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →

includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, The Positronic Robot Stories, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)

The OutposterNovel

Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972

Space opera, about survival, set in other star systems.

“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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