Galactic Comedy Books in Order

Human settlers arrive on Peponi, a planet rich in wildlife, and build a colonial society. As exploitation fuels demands for independence, Bukon Pepon attempts to unite the native peoples amid competing interests and conflicting accounts of progress.

Human missionaries reach Karimon, a jungle planet inhabited by reptilian people, and commercial interests follow. As outsiders manipulate local divisions and pursue resources, the planet’s inhabitants confront the costs of intervention and the possibility of resistance.

Humans help develop Faligor, home to an alien people distinguished by golden fleece. Promises of prosperity become entangled with political ambition, authoritarian rule, and social upheaval as outside involvement transforms the planet’s institutions and daily life.