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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 Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories), The Positronic Robot Stories
The InterdependencySeries
series3 books2017
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in far future and galactic scale.
“John Scalzi's trilogy, beginning with The Collapsing Empire, follows the political and personal fallout as the empire's foundations unravel.”
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Start with The Collapsing Empire →
Whipping StarNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1970
First contact, about aliens.
“From Amazon: In the far future, humankind has made contact with numerous other species: Gowachin, Laclac, Wreaves, Pan Spechi, Taprisiots, and Caleban, and has helped to form the ConSentiency to govern among the species.”
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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
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 Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
Double StarNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1956
About identity, set in mars.
“Lorenzo Smythe, the excellent yet unemployed actor, meets Dak Broadbent in a bar.”
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ExordiumSeries
series5 books1993
About war, set in space.
“Now the Phoenix House rules the Thousand Suns from their planet Arthelion.”
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Start with The Phoenix in Flight →