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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.”
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includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

2312Novel

Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012

Hard science fiction, about terraforming and space colonization, set in space.

VorkosiganUniverse

universe27 books1986

Space opera.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
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includes Miles Vorkosigan, Cordelia Vorkosigan, Quaddies

Childe CycleSeries

series19 books1957

Military science fiction, about war.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
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The ChrysalidsNovel

John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955

Tense in tone, about survival and coming of age, set in secondary world.

“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
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