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universe173 books1976

Set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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Start with Heavy Time →

includes Company Wars, Chanur, Mri Wars, Morgaine, Era of Rapprochement, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration, Unionside

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
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Start with The Gunslinger →

includes The Dark Tower

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“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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Start with Dune →

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

TransitNovel

Edmund Cooperstandalone novel1964

About transported to another world and identity, set in otherworld.

“As a human being - an Earthman - Richard Avery was not particularly successful.”
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RestoreeNovel

Anne McCaffreystandalone novel1967

Science fantasy, about transported to another world, set in other star systems.

“Torn from Earth by a bizarre and nameless black force, Sara has no idea where she is or why she inhabits a beautiful new body.”
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The Lost RegimentSeries

series9 books1990

Military science fiction and alternate history, about war.

“William R. Forstchen's Lost Regiment series begins with Rally Cry, in which a Civil War Union regiment is swept onto a distant world where humans transplanted from many eras and cultures are farmed as food by an alien race.”
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Start with Rally Cry →

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