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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
About robots and artificial intelligence.
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The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Adventurous in tone, about revenge and identity.
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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includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Xan-Sskarn WarSeries
series1 book2010
About aliens and revenge.
“Under her petite exterior is a spine of solid steel and a disposition to laugh in the face of impending death.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
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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Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
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.”
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includes Company Wars, Hanan Rebellion, Chanur, Era of Rapprochement, Mri Wars, Age of Exploration, Unionside, The Hinder Stars