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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

series8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

Start with The Outcasts of Heaven Belt →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

Singularity SkySeries

series2 books2003

Science fiction, challenging and tense in tone, about technological singularity and artificial intelligence, set in far future and other star systems.

“Charles Stross uses the setup for a mix of space opera, economics, and diplomatic intrigue.”
from the catalogue

Start with Singularity Sky →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

Jean le FlambeurSeries

series3 books2010

Hard science fiction, about virtual reality.

“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 CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue

Start with Consider Phlebas →

includes Culture

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