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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“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, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

HainishSeries

series33 books1964

completed

Reflective in tone.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue

Start with Rocannon's World →

RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

Space opera, about identity.

“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ancillary Justice →

includes Imperial Radch

The Gods ThemselvesNovel

Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1972

Hard science fiction, set in parallel universe and the moon.

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue

Start with Consider Phlebas →

includes Culture

The AlgebraistNovel

Iain M. Banksstandalone novel2004

Space opera, adventurous in tone.

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