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TritonNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1976
About gender and society, set in other star systems.
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
TeixcalaanSeries
series2 books2019
Space opera, tense in tone, set in other star systems.
“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Memory Called Empire →
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Space opera, set in other star systems and space.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Expanded Honorverse, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)
JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
Adventurous and tense in tone, about slavery, set in other star systems.
“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
from the catalogue
Start with Janissaries →
Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in space and other star systems.