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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, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
Lost ColonySeries
series3 books1986
Romance and science fiction, emotional in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
“Krentz likened the novel to a historical romance set in another world, and its success inspired her to begin writing historical romances under the pseudonym Amanda Quick.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sweet Starfire →
VorkosiganUniverse
universe27 books1986
Space opera.
“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
from the catalogue
Start with Shards of Honor →
includes Cordelia Vorkosigan, Miles Vorkosigan, Quaddies
Search the SkyNovel
C. M. Kornbluth & Frederik Pohlstandalone novel1954
Satire, funny in tone, set in space.
Lost Colony (Susan Grant)Series
series1 book2011
Adventurous in tone, about forbidden love and war.
“Young General Tao knows only one kind of honor, to his people.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Last Warrior →
Catteni SequenceSeries
series5 books1970
completed
Space opera, adventurous in tone, about slavery and aliens.
“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue
Start with Freedom's Landing →