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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
About robots and war.
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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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includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
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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Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
Adventurous in tone, about space exploration and coming of age.
“As the final test of a survivalist/explorer class, teenagers are dumped on an alien planet to use their skills while awaiting pickup.”
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PolityUniverse
universe72 books1992
Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.
“The Quiet War is already over by the time you arrive.”
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includes Ian Cormac, Transformation, Rise of the Jain, Spatterjay, Time's Shadow
The OutposterNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972
About space colonization and class conflict.
“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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