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PandoraSeries
series4 books1966
About survival.
“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
from the catalogue
Start with Destination: Void →
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
Homecoming (Orson Scott Card)Series
series5 books1992
About faith and religion.
“Some of the names also come from the Book of Mormon.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Memory of Earth →
The Moon Is a Harsh MistressNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1966
Adventurous in tone, about rebellion and revolution and political intrigue, set in the moon.
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
StarstreamSeries
series2 books1989
completed
Space opera.
“The two were published within a year of each other under the same author.”
from the catalogue
Start with From a Changeling Star →