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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera.
“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
The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, about aliens and survival.
“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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The Stellar LegionNovel
E. C. Tubbstandalone novel1954
Military science fiction and space opera, about war, set in space.
“When he is sent to the penal world of Stellar, he survives, winning promotion in the Stellar Legion, a brutal military system.”
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Against a Dark BackgroundNovel
Iain M. Banksstandalone novel1993
Space opera, about heist and found family, set in space.
The Sardonyx NetNovel
Elizabeth A. Lynnstandalone novel1981
Space opera, about slavery and rebellion and revolution, set in space.
“The slave trade is the most lucrative business on Chabad.”
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JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war and slavery.
“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
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