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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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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
The OutposterNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972
About survival and class conflict.
“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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EmbassytownNovel
China Miévillestandalone novel2011
First contact, challenging in tone, about aliens and political intrigue.
“In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak.”
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StarstreamSeries
series2 books1989
completed
Science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, set in far future and space.
“The two were published within a year of each other under the same author.”
from the catalogue
Start with From a Changeling Star →
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Mote in God's Eye →
includes Moties, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World, Falkenberg's Legion
NemesisNovel
Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1989
About ecological collapse, set in our world.