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  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    Space opera, set in far future.

    “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 →

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

  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots, set in far future.

    “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 →

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    includes Trantorian Empire, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)

  • Cover of When the Sleeper Wakes
    When the Sleeper WakesNovel

    H. G. Wells · standalone novel · 1899

    Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in our world and far future.

    “Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, about war, set in secondary world.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of The Sardonyx Net
    The Sardonyx NetNovel

    Elizabeth A. Lynn · standalone novel · 1981

    Space opera, about slavery and rebellion and revolution, set in far future.

    “The slave trade is the most lucrative business on Chabad.”

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  • Cover of Azean Empire
    Azean EmpireSeries

    series · 2 books · 1987

    Space opera, about war, set in far future.

    “C. S. Friedman's Azean Empire novels are set in a distant-future conflict between two competing human societies, the Azeans and the Braxins, contesting interstellar dominance.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with In Conquest Born →

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