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The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Adventurous in tone, about revenge and survival.
Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age and aliens.
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, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
The MargaretsNovel
Sheri S. Tepperstandalone novel2007
About space colonization 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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Kefahuchi Tract TrilogySeries
series3 books2002
Science fiction and space opera, challenging in tone, set in far future and space.
“M. John Harrison's Kefahuchi Tract trilogy circles a strange, physics-breaking anomaly in deep space that draws scientists, smugglers, and drifters into its pull across different eras.”
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Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Adventurous in tone.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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