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

  • Cover of CoDominium
    CoDominiumUniverse

    universe · 98 books · 1971

    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 →

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

  • Cover of The Culture
    The CultureUniverse

    universe · 21 books · 1987

    About artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

    “No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Consider Phlebas →

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    includes Culture

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

  • Cover of Commonwealth Universe
    CommonwealthUniverse

    universe · 12 books · 2002

    Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

    “Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Dreaming Void →

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    includes Chronicle of the Fallers, Commonwealth Saga, Void Trilogy

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens.

    “Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ringworld →

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    includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars