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AuroraNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2015
Reflective in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in spaceship and generation ship.
The Gods ThemselvesNovel
Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1972
About aliens, set in parallel universe and the moon.
PantropySeries
series6 books1942
completed
Science fiction and hard science fiction, about genetic engineering and space colonization, set in other star systems and far future.
“Pantropy collects James Blish's linked stories about adapting humans genetically to survive unaltered on alien worlds, rather than terraforming those worlds to suit humans — a concept the stories helped popularize under the name 'pantropy.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sunken Universe →
Building Harlequin's MoonNovel
Larry Niven & Brenda Cooperstandalone novel2005
Reflective in tone, about terraforming and class conflict, set in the moon.
“The first interstellar starship, John Glenn, fled a Solar System populated by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, threatened by too much nanotechnology and rife with political dangers.”
from the catalogue
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
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Background of the Dune Universe
HelliconiaSeries
series4 books1982
completed
Reflective in tone, about ecological collapse.
Start with Helliconia Spring →