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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
About political intrigue.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
Science fiction, 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 Chanur, Mri Wars, Hanan Rebellion, Company Wars, The Hinder Stars, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration, Unionside
The Final ArchitectureSeries
series6 books2021
About war and space exploration, set in space.
“Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”
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Start with Shards of Earth →
The Winged ManNovel
A. E. van Vogt & E. Mayne Hullstandalone novel1966
About war.
“The crew of the submarine Sea Serpent and the submarine itself are taken by a strange winged man to the year 24,999, where a war is going on between the winged men and gigantic fishmen living under the sea.”
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Catteni SequenceSeries
series5 books1970
completed
About slavery.
“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →
WolflingNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1969
About political intrigue and class conflict, set in space.
“Jim was just another wolfling to Afuan - a lesser being from a backward colony world.”
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