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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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.”
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Start with Dune →

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

Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

series3 books2007

Military science fiction, about war.

“Set in a chillingly realistic far-future world, and featuring a gritty antihero even more frightening than the evil empire he serves as soldier and assassin, Death's Head is sure to be one of the most talked-about novels of the year.”
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Start with Death's Head →

PolityUniverse

universe72 books1992

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Quiet War is already over by the time you arrive.”
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Start with Shadow of the Scorpion →

includes Transformation, Ian Cormac, Spatterjay, Rise of the Jain, Time's Shadow

Bel Dame ApocryphaSeries

series11 books2011

Science fiction, dark in tone, set in far future.

“Kameron Hurley's God's War opens the Bel Dame Apocrypha on a ravaged, contaminated planet where a centuries-old holy war grinds on, fought by mercenaries, magicians and conscripted soldiers.”
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Start with God's War →

Forever WarSeries

series10 books1972

Military science fiction.

Start with Hero →

BirthrightUniverse

universe48 books1981

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“Around that spine turns a shelf of sub-cycles, sorted along the ages the race passes through as it rises and falls — Republic, Democracy, Oligarchy, Monarchy, Anarchy.”
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Start with Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future →

includes Widowmaker, Oracle, Far Future History, Dead Enders, Tales of the Velvet Comet, Chronicles of Distant Worlds, Starship (Resnick), Jake Masters

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