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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Science fiction and 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Expanded Honorverse, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Adventurous in tone.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
StenSeries
series11 books1982
completed
Adventurous in tone.
“The Sten Chronicles, also called The Sten Adventures, are a series of eight military science fiction and space opera novels by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole published from 1982 to 1993.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sten →
Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Adventurous in tone.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Old Man's War →
JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
Adventurous in tone, about slavery.
“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
from the catalogue
Start with Janissaries →