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

The City in the Middle of the NightNovel

Charlie Jane Andersstandalone novel2019

Dystopia, about aliens, set in big city.

“The main story focuses on two characters whose actions take them outside of the cities.”
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BloomNovel

Wil McCarthystandalone novel1998

About nanotechnology, set in space.

Riddley WalkerNovel

Russell Hobanstandalone novel1980

About coming of age, set in our world and british isles.

“WorldCat: Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road.”
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The TriffidsSeries

series3 books1951

Set in our world and british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977

Space opera, 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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