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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, 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 Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Babel-17Novel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1966
About aliens.
“Through Rydra's effort to understand and revise it, the novel explores communication, perception, identity, and translation.”
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Jean le FlambeurSeries
series3 books2010
Space opera and hard science fiction, about artificial intelligence.
“Jean le Flambeur is a master thief broken out of a virtual prison to pull off one more impossible heist, in a solar system reshaped by uploaded minds, post-human factions, and economies built on memory and privacy themselves.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Quantum Thief →
The Gods ThemselvesNovel
Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1972
Hard science fiction, about aliens, set in parallel universe and the moon.
DiasporaNovel
Greg Eganstandalone novel1997
Hard science fiction, about artificial intelligence and space exploration.
ThistledownSeries
series5 books1978
completed
Hard science fiction, about space exploration.
Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →