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Search the SkyNovel
C. M. Kornbluth & Frederik Pohlstandalone novel1954
About space colonization, set in space.
Uncharted TerritoryNovel
Connie Willisstandalone novel1994
About aliens and space exploration.
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera.
“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
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
The Stainless Steel RatSeries
series21 books1957
completed
Space opera, about con artists, set in space.
“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →
Dramocles: An Intergalactic Soap OperaNovel
Robert Sheckleystandalone novel1983
Space opera and humor, set in space.
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue
Start with Foundation →
includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, The Positronic Robot Stories, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)