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  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots.

    “There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Foundation →

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    includes Trantorian Empire, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)

  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    Set in 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dune →

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

  • Cover of When the Sleeper Wakes
    When the Sleeper WakesNovel

    H. G. Wells · standalone novel · 1899

    Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in british isles.

    “Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of The Eyes of Heisenberg
    The Eyes of HeisenbergNovel

    Frank Herbert · standalone novel · 1966

    Thriller & suspense, about genetic engineering and immortality.

    “Tens of thousands of years in the future, Earth is ruled by the Optimen, a genetically engineered aristocracy that has made itself functionally immortal, while ordinary people, the Folk, live under strict reproductive control.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Alliance-Union Universe
    Alliance-UnionUniverse

    universe · 173 books · 1976

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Heavy Time →

    similar byfar futurescience fiction+3 more

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

  • Cover of Solar Lottery
    Solar LotteryNovel

    Philip K. Dick · standalone novel · 1955

    Dystopia, about assassins.

    “The main story is about a man named Ted Benteley who lives in a strange world, dominated by percentages and the lottery.”

    from the catalogue

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