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The Gods ThemselvesNovel
Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1972
Hard science fiction, set in parallel universe and the moon.
Glory SeasonNovel
David Brinstandalone novel1993
About gender and society.
“An announcement in the back of one edition of Earth is for a novel titled Stratos, to be released in the spring of 1992.”
from the catalogue
ManseedNovel
Jack Williamsonstandalone novel1982
Reflective in tone, about space colonization.
“In the decades since i've read this novel somehow i forgot almost everything about it, except the powerful force it had on me.”
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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, 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.”
from the catalogue
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includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
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.”
from the catalogue
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Kefahuchi Tract TrilogySeries
series3 books2002
Space opera.
“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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Start with Light →