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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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Start with Dune →

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

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

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

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

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen

Harvest of StarsSeries

series5 books1993

completed

Science fiction, set in far future and space.

“Pursued by Avantist forces, she and Guthrie engage in a desperate battle of wits against a brilliant adversary: a copy of Guthrie's personality that has been reprogrammed to serve the enemy.”
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Singularity SkySeries

series2 books2003

Challenging in tone, about technological singularity and artificial intelligence.

“Charles Stross uses the setup for a mix of space opera, economics, and diplomatic intrigue.”
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Fifth ImperiumSeries

series3 books1991

Adventurous in tone, about artificial intelligence and aliens.

“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
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Start with Mutineers' Moon →

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