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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
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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includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
Ender's GameUniverse
universe39 books1977
Science fiction, set in far future.
“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School
Learning the WorldNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005
First contact and hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in space.
“On the fringes, less modified humans get on with the job of settling a universe that has, so far, been empty of intelligent life.”
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Remnant PopulationNovel
Elizabeth Moonstandalone novel1996
First contact, about survival and loneliness.
“People had always told Ofelia what to do; for once she was going to do what she wanted.”
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TeixcalaanSeries
series2 books2019
Tense in tone, about political intrigue and identity.
“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Tense in tone, about political intrigue 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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