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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, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)
Ascendance (Jay Posey)Series
series2 books2020
Science fiction and space opera, mysterious and tense in tone, set in far future.
“Mankind has spread out and conquered the galaxy by mastering the fundamental language of the universe.”
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Start with Every Sky a Grave →
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
About political intrigue, set in other star systems.
“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, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Beyond This HorizonNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1948
Dystopia, about genetic engineering, set in our world and north america.
“For centuries, disease, hunger, poverty, and war have been things found only in the history tapes.”
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The CultureUniverse
universe21 books1987
About artificial intelligence.
“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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Start with Consider Phlebas →
includes Culture
This Perfect DayNovel
Ira Levinstandalone novel1970
Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism, set in our world.
“Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”
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