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  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    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 →

    similar byscience fictionfar futureother star systemsspace opera

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

  • Cover of The Culture
    The CultureUniverse

    universe · 21 books · 1987

    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 →

    similar byscience fictionfar futurespace opera+2 more

    includes Culture

  • Cover of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
    The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

    series · 11 books · 1895

    “The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

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  • Cover of Ender's Game Universe
    Ender's GameUniverse

    universe · 39 books · 1977

    Science fiction, set in far future.

    “To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ender's Game →

    similar byscience fictionfar future+4 more

    includes Ender's Shadow, Ender Wiggin, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ringworld →

    similar byscience fictionfar futurespaceother star systems+2 more

    includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots.

    “There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Foundation →

    similar byscience fictionfar future+1 more

    includes Trantorian Empire, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories), Second Foundation Trilogy