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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
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.”
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includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
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Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
Hard science fiction, reflective in tone, about terraforming and ecological collapse.
The MargaretsNovel
Sheri S. Tepperstandalone novel2007
About identity and slavery.
“The Margarets marks the long-awaited return of one of the most respected authors in the sf community; a writer who has earned accolades and the admiration of every true aficionado of bold, brilliant, risk-taking speculative fiction.”
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Vacuum FlowersNovel
Michael Swanwickstandalone novel1987
Cyberpunk, about identity.
EmbassytownNovel
China Miévillestandalone novel2011
First contact, about aliens and identity.
“In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak.”
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Shaper/MechanistSeries
series6 books1982
Science fiction, challenging in tone, about genetic engineering, set in far future and space.
“Shaper/Mechanist is Bruce Sterling's future-history of a fractured solar system, split between the genetically engineered Shapers and the cybernetically augmented Mechanists as humanity spreads beyond Earth.”
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