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  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and 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 →

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

  • Cover of Forever War
    Forever WarSeries

    series · 10 books · 1972

    Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.

    Start with Hero →

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  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    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 →

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

  • Cover of The Dosadi Experiment
    The Dosadi ExperimentNovel

    Frank Herbert · standalone novel · 1977

    About aliens and survival.

    “Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Azean Empire
    Azean EmpireSeries

    series · 2 books · 1987

    About war.

    “C. S. Friedman's Azean Empire novels are set in a distant-future conflict between two competing human societies, the Azeans and the Braxins, contesting interstellar dominance.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with In Conquest Born →

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  • Cover of Death's Head (David Gunn)
    Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

    series · 3 books · 2007

    About war.

    “Set in a chillingly realistic far-future world, and featuring a gritty antihero even more frightening than the evil empire he serves as soldier and assassin, Death's Head is sure to be one of the most talked-about novels of the year.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Death's Head →

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