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HainishSeries
series33 books1964
completed
Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →
AuroraNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2015
Hard science fiction, about artificial intelligence, set in spaceship and generation ship.
HelliconiaSeries
series4 books1982
completed
About ecological collapse.
Start with Helliconia Spring →
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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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
The Songs of Distant EarthNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1986
Hard science fiction, about immigration and exile.
“Of all of his novels, Clarke stated that this was his favourite.”
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The Face of the WatersNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1991
About immigration and exile and expeditions, set in at sea.
“A Robert Silverberg novel of exile and search, told through Sorve's displaced islanders.”
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