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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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.”
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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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Start with Heavy Time →

includes Hanan Rebellion, Company Wars, Chanur, Mri Wars, Era of Rapprochement, Morgaine, The Hinder Stars, Age of Exploration

The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

Science fiction, about psychic powers.

“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)

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in far future and space.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →

includes Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds, Ringworld

Change WarSeries

series16 books1958

completed

Time travel.

“Leiber followed it with a string of shorter Change War stories, later gathered into collections such as Changewar, exploring other soldiers and other flashpoints in the same endless, mutable conflict.”
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Start with The Big Time →

BarsoomSeries

series53 books1917

Science fantasy, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
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Start with A Princess of Mars →

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