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  • Cover of Stand on Zanzibar
    Stand on ZanzibarNovel

    John Brunner · standalone novel · 1968

    Dystopia, about surveillance, set in big city.

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  • Cover of Blood Music
    Blood MusicNovel

    Greg Bear · standalone novel · 1985

    Hard science fiction, about nanotechnology and technological singularity, set in north america.

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  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    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 →

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

  • Cover of The Windup Universe
    The Windup UniverseSeries

    series · 3 books · 2005

    Dystopia, about ecological collapse, set in southeast asia.

    Start with The Calorie Man →

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  • Cover of Brave New World
    Brave New WorldSeries

    series · 8 books · 1932

    Dystopia, about class conflict, set in far future and otherworld.

    “Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Brave New World →

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  • Cover of The Speed of Dark
    The Speed of DarkNovel

    Elizabeth Moon · standalone novel · 2002

    Emotional in tone, about identity, set in north america.

    “From the Penguin Random House website In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past.”

    from the catalogue

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