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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Dune →

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

Tales of the Barque CatsSeries

series2 books2009

Science fiction, set in far future and space.

“Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough's Barque Cats novels imagine a future where telepathically gifted ship's cats work interstellar cargo vessels as crew, guarding against hazards human senses and sensors miss.”
from the catalogue

Start with Catalyst →

The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

Science fiction, about psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Rowan →

includes Talents (Anne McCaffrey), Tower and the Hive

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

The Stars My DestinationNovel

Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956

Space opera, about revenge and survival.

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Adventurous in tone, about aliens.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue

Start with For Love of Mother-Not →

includes Pip & Flinx, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth

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