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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 Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
HainishSeries
series33 books1964
completed
Reflective in tone.
“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Hard science fiction, set in parallel universe and the moon.
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Space opera, tense in tone, about political intrigue and survival.
“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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John Steakleystandalone novel1984
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The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Space opera, about revenge and survival, set in space.