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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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

PandoraSeries

series4 books1966

Science fiction, about survival and artificial intelligence, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977

Tense in tone, about political intrigue and aliens.

“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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Saint LeibowitzSeries

series6 books1955

completed

Post-apocalyptic, set in north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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The Stars My DestinationNovel

Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956

Adventurous in tone, about revenge and identity, set in space.

Forever WarSeries

series10 books1972

Military science fiction, set in space.

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