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series1 book2010
About aliens.
“Under her petite exterior is a spine of solid steel and a disposition to laugh in the face of impending death.”
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The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Adventurous in tone, about identity.
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
About political intrigue and aliens.
“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
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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ProvidenceNovel
Max Barrystandalone novel2020
About aliens, set in spaceship.