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PandoraSeries
series4 books1966
About survival, set in other star systems.
“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
from the catalogue
Start with Destination: Void →
The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Space opera, about revenge and survival, set in space.
Blindsight / FirefallSeries
series3 books2006
Hard science fiction and first contact, tense in tone, set in space.
Start with Blindsight →
Brave New WorldSeries
series8 books1932
Dystopia, about class conflict, set in otherworld.
“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
from the catalogue
Start with Brave New World →
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, about political intrigue, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
Takeshi KovacsSeries
series3 books2002
Cyberpunk, tense in tone, set in other star systems.
“Takeshi Kovacs is a former elite soldier turned freelance troubleshooter in a future where human consciousness can be digitized and transferred between bodies, or sleeves, making death an inconvenience for those who can afford new ones.”
from the catalogue
Start with Altered Carbon →