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Cosmic Trilogy (C. S. Lewis)Series
series4 books1938
completed
About faith and religion and aliens.
Start with Out of the Silent Planet →
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens, set in far future.
“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
The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries
series11 books1895
“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →
Time TradersSeries
series7 books1958
Time travel.
“Norton, later joined by collaborators Sherwood Smith and P. M. Griffin, expanded the sequence to seven novels published between 1958 and 2002, and revised the opening book herself in 2000.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Time Traders →
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction, set in far future.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Mote in God's Eye →
includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World
Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
About coming of age, set in far future and spaceship.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
from the catalogue