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ArmorNovel
John Steakleystandalone novel1984
Military science fiction, about aliens and war, set in other star systems.
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue
Start with Foundation →
includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction, set in other star systems.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Mote in God's Eye →
includes Moties, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World, Falkenberg's Legion
HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
About aliens and space exploration, set in other star systems.
“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gateway →
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
About political intrigue, set in 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
Deadman SwitchNovel
Timothy Zahnstandalone novel1988
About survival, set in other star systems.
“Until a research ship penetrated the Cloud entirely by accident - when the man at the helm died of a heart attack just before entering the sphere.”
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