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A World Called SolitudeNovel
Stephen Goldinstandalone novel1981
About robots.
“Birk Aaland is a refugee from Earth's tyrannical government.”
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Remnant PopulationNovel
Elizabeth Moonstandalone novel1996
First contact, about aliens and space colonization.
“People had always told Ofelia what to do; for once she was going to do what she wanted.”
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The Man in the MazeNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
About psychic powers and identity.
The Songs of Distant EarthNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1986
Hard science fiction, about space colonization and immigration and exile.
“Of all of his novels, Clarke stated that this was his favourite.”
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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, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
MockingbirdNovel
Walter Tevisstandalone novel1980
Dystopia, about artificial intelligence and robots, set in our world.
“WorldCat: In a future world where mankind is dying, humans wander through life in a drugged electronic bliss.”
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