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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
About robots and artificial intelligence.
Start with Berserker →
Xan-Sskarn WarSeries
series1 book2010
About aliens and revenge.
“Under her petite exterior is a spine of solid steel and a disposition to laugh in the face of impending death.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ragnarok →
Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
Adventurous in tone, about aliens.
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Adventurous in tone.
“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
Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and 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, Expanded Honorverse, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Honor Harrington Universe short fiction
Death's Head (David Gunn)Series
series3 books2007
Science fiction and military science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about war, set in far future and space.
“Set in a chillingly realistic far-future world, and featuring a gritty antihero even more frightening than the evil empire he serves as soldier and assassin, Death's Head is sure to be one of the most talked-about novels of the year.”
from the catalogue
Start with Death's Head →