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series59 books1963
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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
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“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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Blade Runner UniverseSeries
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