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CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Start with The Mote in God's Eye →
includes Moties, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World, Falkenberg's Legion
Pushing IceNovel
Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2005
Hard science fiction, about space exploration.
The Madness SeasonNovel
C. S. Friedmanstandalone novel1990
“The alien within - He'd had so many names over the centuries, so many new identities that he could scarcely remember who he had originally been.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
About political intrigue.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
Science fiction, set in far future.
“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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Start with Heavy Time →
includes Chanur, Hanan Rebellion, Company Wars, Mri Wars, Era of Rapprochement, The Hinder Stars, Age of Exploration, Unionside
Dancers in the AfterglowNovel
Jack L. Chalkerstandalone novel1978
About robots.
“Sixteen million tourists traveled there from just about every world you could think of to live and love in sixteen million different ways.”
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