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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera.
“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, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
Red Planet BluesNovel
Robert J. Sawyerstandalone novel2013
About mind uploading, set in mars.
“Alex Lomax is the one and only private eye working the mean streets of New Klondike, the Martian frontier town that sprang up forty years ago after Simon Weingarten and Denny O'Reilly discovered fossils on the Red Planet.”
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The Demolished ManNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1953
About psychic powers, set in our world.
“In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen.”
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Takeshi KovacsSeries
series3 books2002
Cyberpunk, about identity.
“Takeshi Kovacs is a former elite soldier turned freelance troubleshooter in a future where human consciousness can be digitized and transferred between bodies, or sleeves, making death an inconvenience for those who can afford new ones.”
from the catalogue
Start with Altered Carbon →
Jack GlassNovel
Adam Robertsstandalone novel2012
Whodunit, about class conflict.
“Golden Age SF meets Golden Age Crime from the author of Swiftly, New Model Army, and Yellow Blue Tibia?an innovative literary voice working at the height of his powers Jack Glass is the murderer?we know this from the start.”
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SS-GBNovel
Len Deightonstandalone novel1978
Alternate history and spy thriller, set in british isles and early 20th century.
“Archer's investigation collides with occupation politics, the British resistance, and rival factions of the SS and the German Army, each wanting the case to go a different way.”
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