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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

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

The Stars My DestinationNovel

Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956

Space opera, about revenge and survival, set in space.

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens, set in space.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue

Start with For Love of Mother-Not →

includes Pip & Flinx, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth

DippleSeries

series2 books1961

completed

Science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“Each book stands alone, connected mainly by Norton's recurring interest in outcasts finding purpose off-world.”
from the catalogue

Start with Catseye →

The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

Science fiction, about psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Rowan →

includes Tower and the Hive, Talents (Anne McCaffrey)

DeathworldSeries

series4 books1960

completed

About survival and space colonization.

“The central hero is a gambler who becomes involved with colonists of an extremely hostile planet.”
from the catalogue

Start with Deathworld →

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