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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, set in far future and space.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Start with Sundiver →

includes Uplift Storm, Uplift

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

The Colors of SpaceNovel

Marion Zimmer Bradleystandalone novel1963

Space opera, about space exploration, set in far future and space.

“The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

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

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Set in far future and space.

“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

Catteni SequenceSeries

series5 books1970

completed

Space opera, about slavery, set in far future.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

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