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The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About space exploration and immortality.
Remnant PopulationNovel
Elizabeth Moonstandalone novel1996
First contact, about space colonization.
“People had always told Ofelia what to do; for once she was going to do what she wanted.”
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HainishSeries
series33 books1964
completed
Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue
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The Man in the MazeNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
About psychic powers and identity.
MockingbirdNovel
Walter Tevisstandalone novel1980
Dystopia, about artificial intelligence, set in our world.
“WorldCat: In a future world where mankind is dying, humans wander through life in a drugged electronic bliss.”
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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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe