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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Set in 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 →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
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 →
includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories), The Positronic Robot Stories
CommonwealthUniverse
universe12 books2002
Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.
“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Dreaming Void →
includes Commonwealth Saga, Void Trilogy, Chronicle of the Fallers
The InterdependencySeries
series3 books2017
Adventurous in tone.
“John Scalzi's trilogy, beginning with The Collapsing Empire, follows the political and personal fallout as the empire's foundations unravel.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Collapsing Empire →
The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries
series16 books2002
Adventurous in tone, about aliens and war.
Start with Hidden Empire →
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military science fiction, set in other star systems.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Wages of Sin, Expanded Honorverse, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)