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series4 books1972

Science fiction, mysterious in tone, about identity, set in far future and other star systems.

“The novella was included in the anthology Nebula Award Stories Eight.”
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Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1976

First contact, reflective in tone, about aliens.

“Woken after a thousand-year voyage meant to find humanity a new home, Carter Horton finds his ship stranded for good, tended by the disembodied minds of three volunteers who gave up their bodies to fly it.”
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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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includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe

TeixcalaanSeries

series2 books2019

Space opera, reflective in tone, about political intrigue.

“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
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EmbassytownNovel

China Miévillestandalone novel2011

First contact, about aliens and space colonization.

“In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak.”
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Dancers in the AfterglowNovel

Jack L. Chalkerstandalone novel1978

Space opera, about aliens, set in spaceship.

“Sixteen million tourists traveled there from just about every world you could think of to live and love in sixteen million different ways.”
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