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series59 books1963
About robots and war, set in other star systems.
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The Sardonyx NetNovel
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About political intrigue and rebellion and revolution, set in other star systems.
“The slave trade is the most lucrative business on Chabad.”
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The Stars Are LegionNovel
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Science fiction and space opera, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in far future and space.
Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
Science fiction, set in far future.
“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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DuneUniverse
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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.”
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includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
Adventurous in tone, about aliens and space exploration.
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