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The CultureUniverse
universe21 books1987
Space opera.
“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*.”
from the catalogue
Start with Consider Phlebas →
includes Culture
CommonwealthUniverse
universe12 books2002
Space opera.
“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Dreaming Void →
includes Void Trilogy, Commonwealth Saga, Chronicle of the Fallers
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
The Moon Is a Harsh MistressNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1966
Adventurous in tone, about rebellion and revolution and space colonization, set in the moon.
QuadrailSeries
series5 books2005
Space opera, set in space.
“Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within.”
from the catalogue
Start with Night Train to Rigel →
The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries
series16 books2002
Space opera, adventurous in tone, about war.
Start with Hidden Empire →