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DiasporaNovel
Greg Eganstandalone novel1997
Hard science fiction, about mind uploading and artificial intelligence.
ThistledownSeries
series5 books1978
completed
Hard science fiction.
Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →
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 Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Schild's LadderNovel
Greg Eganstandalone novel2002
Hard science fiction, about technological singularity and ecological collapse, set in deep space.
The AlgebraistNovel
Iain M. Banksstandalone novel2004
Space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens and political intrigue.
Neverness UniverseSeries
series6 books1985
Space opera.
Start with Shanidar →