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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, about political intrigue.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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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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includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
Space opera, about robots and artificial intelligence, set in space.
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Forever WarSeries
series10 books1972
Set in space.
Start with Hero →
Chaos WalkingSeries
series5 books2008
Dystopia.
Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →
ArmorNovel
John Steakleystandalone novel1984
About madness.