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ArmorNovel
John Steakleystandalone novel1984
About aliens and madness.
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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includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
Adventurous in tone, about political intrigue and slavery.
“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, 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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EmbeddedNovel
Dan Abnettstandalone novel2011
About space colonization.
“The colony planet of Eighty-Six looks as dull as all its fellow new worlds to veteran journalist Lex Falk.”
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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
Space opera, about robots and artificial intelligence, set in space.
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