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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and 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.”
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includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

JumperSeries

series6 books1992

Tense in tone.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →

includes The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation, Trantorian Empire, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories), The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov

Time for the StarsNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1956

Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in space.

“Explorer spaceships need a way to communicate back to earth in a timely manner when they are light years away.”
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The Stars My DestinationNovel

Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956

Space opera, about revenge, set in space and far future.

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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Start with For Love of Mother-Not →

includes Pip & Flinx, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth

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