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Terra IgnotaSeries
series4 books2016
Science fiction, challenging in tone, about political intrigue, set in far future and our world.
“After three centuries of a global near-utopia, a minor crime and a miracle child begin to unravel the social system and lead the world to technologically advanced total war.”
from the catalogue
Start with Too Like the Lightning →
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, set in 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 →
includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
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 →
includes The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)
When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in british isles.
“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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Double StarNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1956
Adventurous in tone, about identity, set in mars.
“Lorenzo Smythe, the excellent yet unemployed actor, meets Dak Broadbent in a bar.”
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Past MasterNovel
R. A. Laffertystandalone novel1968
Time travel, about faith and religion.