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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“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, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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Start with Heavy Time →

includes Company Wars, Chanur, Hanan Rebellion, Era of Rapprochement, Mri Wars, Unionside, The Hinder Stars, Age of Exploration

Forever WarSeries

series10 books1972

Military science fiction.

Start with Hero →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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Start with Consider Phlebas →

includes Culture

ConfederationUniverse

universe19 books1991

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

“In the twenty-seventh century humanity has spilled across nearly nine hundred star systems and calls the loose weave that binds them the Confederation.”
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Start with The Reality Dysfunction →

includes Night's Dawn Trilogy, Confederation Universe Stories

Red RisingSeries

series13 books2014

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and class conflict.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
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Start with Red Rising →

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