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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, about political intrigue and survival.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Mote in God's Eye →
includes Moties, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World, Falkenberg's Legion
The OutposterNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972
Space opera, about survival and class conflict, set in space.
“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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ArmorNovel
John Steakleystandalone novel1984
Military science fiction, dark in tone, about madness and war.
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in space.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ringworld →
includes Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds
HeorotSeries
series4 books1987
Science fiction, about space colonization, set in other star systems and far future.
“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
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Start with The Legacy of Heorot →