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RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

About aliens, set in space.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
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Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

includes Rama (2)

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, 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.”
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Start with Dune →

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

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →

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

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 Company Wars, Chanur, Unionside, The Hinder Stars, Age of Exploration, Hanan Rebellion, Mri Wars, Era of Rapprochement

The Moon Is a Harsh MistressNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1966

Adventurous in tone, about artificial intelligence and rebellion and revolution, set in the moon.

Red PlanetNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1949

Adventurous in tone, about aliens and coming of age, set in mars.

“A boy colonist on Mars takes his bouncing ball Martian pet with him to boarding school, but the new Headmaster is a controlling tyrant.”
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