Free Traders Universe

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* **Notes:**
	+ Started 7/25/22

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## Genre Information

Space Opera
Diaspora

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## About the Series

* **Genres:** Space Opera, Space Exploration, Diaspora
* **Theme:**
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## Books in order

#### Dipple series

* Genres: YA, Space Opera, Sci Fi Adventure
* Theme: The story of two men trying to escape their status as displaced people or "dipples". This series also has links to the *Janus* and *Forerunner* series.
* Series list:
	1. Catseye (Dipple Series Book 1) (1961)
	2. Night of Masks (Dipple Series Book 2) (1964)

#### Forerunner series

* Genres:
* Theme: Featuring the Forerunners, an incomprehensible yet powerful vanished alien race whose artefacts survive them. This series is also tied to the *Janus* and *Dipple* books.
* Series list:
	1. Storm Over Warlock (Forerunner) (1960)
	2. Ordeal in Otherwhere (Forerunner) (1964)
	3. Forerunner Foray (Forerunner) (1973) – also in Dipple series
	4. The Forerunner Factor (Forerunner) (2013) - Omnibus
		+ Forerunner (1981)
		+ Forerunner: The Second Venture (1985)

#### Janus series

* Genres: Sci Fi Adventure, Space Fantasy
* Theme: The story of Naill Renfro who, changed by an alien artefact, sets out to protect the planet of Janus from external threats. Linked to the *Dipple* and *Forerunner* series.
* Series list:
	1. Janus (Omnibus) (2002) - ebook and audiobook
		+ Judgment on Janus (Janus Book 1) (1963)
		+ Victory on Janus (Janus Book 2) (1966)

#### Moonsinger

* aka: Moon Magic
* Genres: Space Fantasy
* Theme: Psychic powers, Fae
* Series list:
	1. Moonsinger (Moonsinger combo volumes Book 1) (2013)
		+ Moon of Three Rings (1966)
		+ Exiles of the Stars (1971)
	2. Moonsinger's Quest (Moonsinger combo volumes Book 2) (2013)
		+ Flight in Yiktor (1986)
		+ Dare to Go A-Hunting (1989)

#### Solar Queen series

* Genre: Space Exploration, Space Opera
* Theme: A series following the Free Traders exploring and making contact with new worlds.
* Co-Author: Some stories - Andre Norton, P. M. Griffin, Sherwood Smith
* Series list:
	1. Sargasso of Space (Solar Queen Book 1) (1955)
	2. Plague Ship (Solar Queen Book 2) (1956, as by Andrew North)– complete text via Project Gutenberg
	3. Voodoo Planet (Solar Queen Book 3) (1959, as by Andrew North) – complete text via Project Gutenberg
	4. Postmarked the Stars (Solar Queen Book 4) (1969)
	5. Redline the Stars (Solar Queen Book 5) (1993)
	6. Derelict for Trade (Solar Queen Book 6) (1997)
	7. A Mind for Trade (Solar Queen Book 7) (1997)

#### Murdoc Jern Duology

* Genre: Space Fantasy, Genetic Engineering, First Contact
* Theme: A series following Murdoc Jern, son of a murdered interstellar gem trader, who discovers that the ring his father left him contains one of the powerful Zero Stones. This series is also tied to the "Forerunner" books, which happen after.
* Series list:
	1. The Zero Stone (Murdoc Jern Duology Book 1) (1968)
	2. Uncharted Stars (Murdoc Jern Duology Book 2) (1969)

## Book Descriptions

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1. First title (2009)
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2. Second title (2009)
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