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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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
ThistledownSeries
series5 books1978
completed
Hard science fiction.
Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →
Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war and coming of age.
AuroraNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2015
Hard science fiction, about artificial intelligence, set in spaceship and generation ship.
The Gods ThemselvesNovel
Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1972
Hard science fiction, set in parallel universe and the moon.
HelliconiaSeries
series4 books1982
completed
Reflective in tone.
Start with Helliconia Spring →