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VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Adventurous in tone, set in other star systems.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Set in other star systems.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Expanded Honorverse, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
About robots, set in other star systems.
Start with Berserker →
Fifth ImperiumSeries
series3 books1991
Adventurous in tone, about aliens.
“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mutineers' Moon →
Embers of WarSeries
series5 books2018
Science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and space.
“The sentient warship Trouble Dog was built for violence, yet following a brutal war, she is disgusted by her role in a genocide.”
from the catalogue
Start with Embers of War →
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Heavy Time →
includes Company Wars, Chanur, Hanan Rebellion, The Hinder Stars, Mri Wars, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration, Unionside