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VorkosiganUniverse
universe27 books1986
Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.
“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
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includes Cordelia Vorkosigan, Miles Vorkosigan, Quaddies
The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Adventurous and dark in tone, about revenge and survival.
Citizen of the GalaxyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age and slavery.
“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
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A Different LightNovel
Elizabeth A. Lynnstandalone novel1978
Bittersweet and reflective in tone, about space exploration and loneliness.
“Twenty if he stayed in space-normal, where his disease could be treated.”
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RedshirtsNovel
John Scalzistandalone novel2012
Satire, funny in tone.
Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Adventurous in tone, about space exploration and coming of age.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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