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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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
The CultureUniverse
universe21 books1987
Science fiction and space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and galactic scale.
“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue
Start with Consider Phlebas →
includes Culture
Last MenUniverse
universe21 books1930
Reflective in tone.
“Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”
from the catalogue
Start with Star Maker →
includes Star Maker, Last and First Men
Brave New WorldSeries
series8 books1932
Dystopia, set in otherworld.
“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
from the catalogue
Start with Brave New World →
The AlgebraistNovel
Iain M. Banksstandalone novel2004
About aliens and political intrigue, set in other star systems and space.
Jean le FlambeurSeries
series3 books2010
Hard science fiction, about virtual reality, set in space and other star systems.
“Jean le Flambeur is a master thief broken out of a virtual prison to pull off one more impossible heist, in a solar system reshaped by uploaded minds, post-human factions, and economies built on memory and privacy themselves.”
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Start with The Quantum Thief →