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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens, set in space and other star systems.

    “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 →

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    includes Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of Ender's Game Universe
    Ender's GameUniverse

    universe · 39 books · 1977

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ender's Game →

    similar byscience fictionfar future+1 more

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

  • Cover of Captive Universe
    Captive UniverseNovel

    Harry Harrison · standalone novel · 1969

    About identity, set in otherworld.

    “Chimal is an Aztec farmer's son in an isolated valley cut off from the world by a landslide generations back, split between two villages that live under strict, ancient law enforced by priests.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Heechee
    HeecheeSeries

    series · 19 books · 1972

    completed

    About aliens and space exploration, set in space and other star systems.

    “The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gateway →

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  • Cover of Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
    Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

    series · 8 books · 1976

    Space opera, set in space.

    Start with The Outcasts of Heaven Belt →

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  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

    “The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dune →

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    includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe