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ArmorNovel
John Steakleystandalone novel1984
Military science fiction, tense in tone, about madness.
ThornsNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1967
Space opera, about love triangle and loneliness, set in space.
“Whose butchered body had been put together by aliens, with artificial and alien replacements.”
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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
The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, tense in tone, about political intrigue and survival.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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Heritage of FlightNovel
Susan Shwartzstandalone novel1989
Military science fiction, tense in tone, about survival, set in space.
“Project Seedcorn was the last hope of an ambitious race.”
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Xan-Sskarn WarSeries
series1 book2010
Military science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, set in space.
“Under her petite exterior is a spine of solid steel and a disposition to laugh in the face of impending death.”
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