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Forge of GodSeries
series2 books1987
completed
Science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about aliens and survival.
“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, about aliens and survival, set in far future and other star systems.
“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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Pushing IceNovel
Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2005
Set in spaceship.
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Mote in God's Eye →
includes Moties, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen, Falkenberg's Legion
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
About robots.
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Blindsight / FirefallSeries
series3 books2006
Challenging in tone.
Start with Blindsight →