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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, 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 Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Background of the Dune Universe
2312Novel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
About terraforming and ecological collapse, set in space and venus & inner planets.
AuroraNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2015
About artificial intelligence, set in spaceship and generation ship.
PandoraSeries
series4 books1966
About artificial intelligence.
“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
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Destiny's RoadNovel
Larry Nivenstandalone novel1997
About expeditions.
“Jemmy is descended from the original Destiny colonists, who were stranded when their landing craft deserted them.”
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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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Start with Heavy Time →
includes Unionside, Era of Rapprochement, Company Wars, Chanur, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration