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universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and 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, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“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

PolityUniverse

universe72 books1992

Space opera.

“The Quiet War is already over by the time you arrive.”
from the catalogue

Start with Shadow of the Scorpion →

includes Ian Cormac, Transformation, Spatterjay, Rise of the Jain, Time's Shadow

HeecheeSeries

series19 books1972

completed

Space opera, about space exploration.

“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 →

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ender's Game →

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

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sundiver →

includes Uplift, Uplift Storm

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