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''[[Stardoc]]'' and its sequels—also collectively known by the title of the first book—are a series by American romance novelist S.L. Viehl that are best described as part [[Space Opera]] and part [[Medical Drama]].
'''''Stardoc''''' and its sequels—also collectively known by the title of the first book—are a series by American romance novelist S.L. Viehl that are best described as part [[Space Opera]] and part [[Medical Drama]].


'''The ten books in the series are:'''
'''The ten books in the series are:'''
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* [[Gay Aesop]]: ''Plague of Memory'' contains an in-universe one.
* [[Gay Aesop]]: ''Plague of Memory'' contains an in-universe one.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]/[[Nonhuman Humanoid Hybrid]]: Oh, so many of them.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]/[[Nonhuman Humanoid Hybrid]]: Oh, so many of them.
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Between Kao and Cherijo in ''Stardoc''. There's also Ilona/Dhreen in ''Eternity Row'', and [[Invisible to Gaydar|Qonja]]/[[Winged Humanoid|Hawk]] in ''Plague of Memory''.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Between Kao and Cherijo in ''Stardoc''. There's also Ilona/Dhreen in ''Eternity Row'', and [[Invisible to Gaydar|Qonja]]/[[Winged Humanoid|Hawk]] in ''Plague of Memory''.
* [["It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It"]]: Played disturbingly straight more than once.
* [["It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It"]]: Played disturbingly straight more than once.
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* [[Screw Yourself]]: {{spoiler|Grey Veil}} fancied himself too good for anyone except his [[Opposite Sex Clone]].
* [[Screw Yourself]]: {{spoiler|Grey Veil}} fancied himself too good for anyone except his [[Opposite Sex Clone]].
** He's also implied to have {{spoiler|anally raped one of his male clones to infect the latter with syphilis}}. All in the name of science, [[Blatant Lies|of course]].
** He's also implied to have {{spoiler|anally raped one of his male clones to infect the latter with syphilis}}. All in the name of science, [[Blatant Lies|of course]].
* [[Veganopia]]: Jorenians are, for the most part, vegetarians (despite being a pastoralist culture whose ancestors were predators). Zigzagged in that they're portrayed as both an [[Planet of Hats|entire]] [[Proud Warrior Race|race of]] [[Cultured Warrior|Cultured Warriors]] and/or [[Warrior Poet|Warrior Poets]] ''and'' as a [[Superior Species]] ([[Humans Are Bastards|by default]]).
* [[Veganopia]]: Jorenians are, for the most part, vegetarians (despite being a pastoralist culture whose ancestors were predators). Zigzagged in that they're portrayed as both an [[Planet of Hats|entire]] [[Proud Warrior Race|race of]] [[Cultured Warrior]]s and/or [[Warrior Poet]]s ''and'' as a [[Superior Species]] ([[Humans Are the Real Monsters|by default]]).
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: Dr. Joseph Grey Veil, and ''how''.
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: Dr. Joseph Grey Veil, and ''how''.
* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Turned out to be {{spoiler|exactly why Grey Veil [[Opposite Sex Clone|created Cherijo]] in the first place. ([[Mind Screw|Maybe.]])}}
* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Turned out to be {{spoiler|exactly why Grey Veil [[Opposite Sex Clone|created Cherijo]] in the first place. ([[Mind Screw|Maybe.]])}}