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Glory SeasonNovel
David Brinstandalone novel1993
Challenging in tone, about gender and society.
“An announcement in the back of one edition of Earth is for a novel titled Stratos, to be released in the spring of 1992.”
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2312Novel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
Hard science fiction, about terraforming and space colonization, set in space.
PantropySeries
series6 books1942
completed
Hard science fiction, about space colonization.
“Pantropy collects James Blish's linked stories about adapting humans genetically to survive unaltered on alien worlds, rather than terraforming those worlds to suit humans — a concept the stories helped popularize under the name 'pantropy.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sunken Universe →
The ChrysalidsNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955
Reflective in tone, about survival and coming of age, set in secondary world.
“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
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Beyond This HorizonNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1948
Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, 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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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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Background of the Dune Universe