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universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in other star systems.

“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 Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

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

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender's Shadow, Ender Wiggin, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

Military science fiction.

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
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Start with Dauntless →

includes Beyond the Frontier, The Genesis Fleet, Outlands (The Lost Fleet), The Lost Stars

Fifth ImperiumSeries

series3 books1991

Tense in tone, about artificial intelligence and aliens.

“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
from the catalogue

Start with Mutineers' Moon →

RCNSeries

series15 books1998

completed

Military science fiction, tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“David Drake's RCN series follows Daniel Leary, an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, and Adele Mundy, a librarian who moonlights as a spy, across a run of standalone-but-connected novels beginning with With the Lightnings.”
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Start with With the Lightnings →

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