Looking for conventional ship and crew adventures that aren't tied to a franchise (lemmy.ca)

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Mass Effect, Star Trek, similar stuff, without the giant franchise money machine. To consume like popcorn.

One of my favourites is Spiral Wars by Joel Sheppard.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I'm feeling a little old school tonight so I'm going to boost Rimrunners by C.J. Cherryh. May say #3 in a series, but all the books stand alone (they just share the same universe).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Is it part of Alliance-Union? I've read a couple of hers and always enjoyed them, but they never felt ship-and-crew. Rimrunners, you say (... heads to Wikipedia... )

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yes, it is. Cherry writes about different topics in that universe. Some books are ship-and-crew like Merchanter's Luck and Heavy Time, some like Cyteen or Downbelow Station aren't. The Chanur books are as well, but they are a series.

Also, Becky Chambers' Long Way To A Small Angry Planet.

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