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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera.
“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, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
The Demolished ManNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1953
Mystery & detective, about psychic powers, set in our world.
“In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, about aliens and survival.
“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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Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
Science fiction, set in far future.
“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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Start with Heavy Time →
includes Company Wars, Chanur, Unionside, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Era of Rapprochement, Mri Wars, Age of Exploration
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →
includes Trantorian Empire, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Mote in God's Eye →
includes Moties, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World, Falkenberg's Legion