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Forever WarSeries
series10 books1972
Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.
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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.”
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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
Space opera, about robots and artificial intelligence.
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Death's Head (David Gunn)Series
series3 books2007
Space opera.
“Set in a chillingly realistic far-future world, and featuring a gritty antihero even more frightening than the evil empire he serves as soldier and assassin, Death's Head is sure to be one of the most talked-about novels of the year.”
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ArmorNovel
John Steakleystandalone novel1984
About aliens and madness.
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens.
“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