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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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Start with Dune →

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

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 →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence, 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

The GapSeries

series5 books1990

Dark in tone, about political intrigue and aliens.

“Here, Donaldson gave a loose retelling of Wagner's Ring cycle.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story →

RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

About political intrigue and identity, set in other star systems.

“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ancillary Justice →

includes Imperial Radch

Siobhan DunmooreSeries

series9 books2014

Military science fiction, about war.

“Eric Thomson's Siobhan Dunmoore novels follow the title character, a starship captain in a human interstellar navy, as she takes on progressively higher commands amid escalating war and political rot within her own military.”
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Start with No Honor in Death →

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