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Dune
Ender's Game
Alliance-Union
CoDominium
Shanji
Known Space
The Culture
Forever War
Terro-Human Future History

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Set in other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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ShanjiSeries

seriesJames C. Glass3 books1999

Set in other star systems.

“Taken into the Emperor's court, she saw the glitter, and she saw the secret city where people labored from birth to death.”
from the catalogue description

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in other star systems.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction.

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Terro-Human Future HistoryUniverse

universe48 books1952

Set in other star systems.

“History does not repeat, Piper's chroniclers are fond of saying — it rhymes, and it rhymes in iron.”
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What should I read after Shadow Gods Saga?: Dune — the closest match to Shadow Gods Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shadow Gods Saga?: In the Shadow of Death. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shadow Gods Saga.
How big is Shadow Gods Saga?: Shadow Gods Saga is 8 books, from 2013.

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