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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and 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.”
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includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Background of the Dune Universe

The Day of CreationNovel

J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1987

Literary & general, challenging in tone, set in africa and late 20th century.

The Mormon SeaSeries

series6 books1985

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in north america.

“Orson Scott Card's Folk of the Fringe stories follow small communities of Mormon survivors rebuilding after a devastating nuclear war has reduced America to scattered, struggling settlements.”
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Desolation RoadSeries

series3 books1988

Science fiction, about terraforming, set in mars and far future.

“Desolation Road, Ian McDonald's first novel, imagines a far-future, terraformed Mars where a town grows up around a desert oasis and takes on a life of its own, mixing magical-realist incident with hard-SF colonization detail.”
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The Demon CycleUniverse

universe18 books2008

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Painted Man →

includes Demon Cycle, The Nightfall Saga

The Water KnifeNovel

Paolo Bacigalupistandalone novel2015

Science fiction, about ecological collapse, set in north america and near future.

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