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The OutposterNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972
Space opera, about survival, set in space.
“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, about political intrigue.
“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.”
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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
NemesisNovel
Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1989
Space opera, about ecological collapse, set in space and our world.
Building Harlequin's MoonNovel
Larry Niven & Brenda Cooperstandalone novel2005
Hard science fiction, challenging in tone, about terraforming, set in the moon.
“The first interstellar starship, John Glenn, fled a Solar System populated by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, threatened by too much nanotechnology and rife with political dangers.”
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HeorotSeries
series4 books1987
Science fiction, about space colonization, set in other star systems and far future.
“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
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Start with The Legacy of Heorot →
The Songs of Distant EarthNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1986
Hard science fiction, about survival and immigration and exile.
“Of all of his novels, Clarke stated that this was his favourite.”
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