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

2312Novel

Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012

Hard science fiction, reflective in tone, about space colonization, set in space.

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift and aliens, set in space.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sundiver →

includes Uplift, Uplift Storm

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen

Old Man's WarSeries

series16 books2005

Military science fiction and space opera, about war, set in space.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue

Start with Old Man's War →

RiverworldSeries

series37 books1965

About faith and religion.

“The Riverworld is an artificial, or heavily terraformed, planet where all humans who ever lived throughout history have been resurrected.”
from the catalogue

Start with River of Eternity →

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