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ForerunnerSeries
series5 books1960
completed
Science fiction, set in other star systems and far future.
“Under desperate circumstances, a beautiful young woman must team up with a star traveler in order to find the key to the start of civilization so that the future might be saved.”
from the catalogue
Start with Storm Over Warlock →
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in space.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Catteni SequenceSeries
series5 books1970
completed
Space opera.
“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue
Start with Freedom's Landing →
The Colors of SpaceNovel
Marion Zimmer Bradleystandalone novel1963
Space opera, about space exploration, set in space.
“The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”
from the catalogue
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
Space opera, about uplift, set in space.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift, Uplift Storm
Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Set in space.
“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue
Start with For Love of Mother-Not →
includes Pip & Flinx, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth