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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, 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, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Foundation →
includes The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)
Terra IgnotaSeries
series4 books2016
“After three centuries of a global near-utopia, a minor crime and a miracle child begin to unravel the social system and lead the world to technologically advanced total war.”
from the catalogue
Start with Too Like the Lightning →
When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in british isles.
“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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TritonNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1976
Reflective in tone, about gender and society and identity, set in other star systems.
MessiahNovel
Gore Vidalstandalone novel1954
Literary & general and satire, set in north america and mid 20th century.