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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue, set in 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 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)

Red RisingSeries

series13 books2014

Dystopia, about class conflict.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

“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, War World, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen

The Dosadi ExperimentNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977

About political intrigue and aliens, set in other star systems.

“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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The Sardonyx NetNovel

Elizabeth A. Lynnstandalone novel1981

About slavery and political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“The slave trade is the most lucrative business on Chabad.”
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