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universe78 books1963
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.”
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includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
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“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.”
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“Charles Stross uses the setup for a mix of space opera, economics, and diplomatic intrigue.”
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CoDominiumUniverse
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Military science fiction.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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