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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe

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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Start with Heavy Time →

includes Chanur, Company Wars, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Unionside, Mri Wars, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration

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, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories), The Positronic Robot Stories

HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
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Start with On Basilisk Station →

includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Expanded Honorverse, Wages of Sin, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)

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

The GapSeries

series5 books1990

Dark in tone, about aliens.

“Here, Donaldson gave a loose retelling of Wagner's Ring cycle.”
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Start with The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story →

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