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HelliconiaSeries
series4 books1982
completed
Science fiction, challenging and reflective in tone, about space colonization and ecological collapse, set in other star systems and far future.
Start with Helliconia Spring →
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
AuroraNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2015
Hard science fiction, about artificial intelligence, set in spaceship and generation ship.
2312Novel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
Hard science fiction, about genetic engineering and terraforming, set in space.
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Rocannon's World →
Building Harlequin's MoonNovel
Larry Niven & Brenda Cooperstandalone novel2005
Hard science fiction, 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.”
from the catalogue