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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
About political intrigue, 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.”
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includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Whipping StarNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1970
First contact, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue.
“From Amazon: In the far future, humankind has made contact with numerous other species: Gowachin, Laclac, Wreaves, Pan Spechi, Taprisiots, and Caleban, and has helped to form the ConSentiency to govern among the species.”
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The CultureUniverse
universe21 books1987
About artificial intelligence.
“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*.”
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includes Culture
The AlgebraistNovel
Iain M. Banksstandalone novel2004
Adventurous in tone, about political intrigue, set in other star systems and space.
Count to the Eschaton / Count to a TrillionSeries
series7 books2011
Science fiction and space opera, about immortality, set in far future.
“After the collapse of the world economy, a young boy grows up in what used to be Texas as a tough duellist for hire, the future equivalent of a hired gun.”
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Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of SandNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1984
Reflective in tone, about identity.