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AuroraNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2015
About artificial intelligence and survival, set in spaceship and generation ship.
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.”
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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
2312Novel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
About genetic engineering and terraforming, set in space and venus & inner planets.
HainishSeries
series33 books1964
completed
Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →
Learning the WorldNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005
First contact and space opera, set in space and spaceship.
“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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Building Harlequin's MoonNovel
Larry Niven & Brenda Cooperstandalone novel2005
About terraforming and class conflict, set in the moon.
“The first interstellar starship, John Glenn, fled a Solar System populated by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, threatened by too much nanotechnology and rife with political dangers.”
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