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Life During WartimeNovel
Lucius Shepardstandalone novel1987
Dark and tense in tone, about war.
“In 1990, it won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Foreign Work.”
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Forge of the TitansNovel
Steve Whitestandalone novel2003
Science fiction and military science fiction, about gods and war.
“With other human telepaths, one human traitor, and the advice and counsel of the goddess Secrest battles the Titans and their human allies.”
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The TalentsUniverse
universe18 books1959
Science fiction.
“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
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Start with The Rowan →
includes Tower and the Hive, Talents (Anne McCaffrey)
The Man in the MazeNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
Science fiction, reflective in tone, about identity and loneliness.
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Science fiction and 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
The WitlingNovel
Vernor Vingestandalone novel1976
Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about class conflict.