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HainishSeries
series33 books1964
completed
Reflective in tone.
“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →
Downward to the EarthNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
Reflective in tone, about redemption.
“On his return, he feels a new sense of kinship with the natives, perhaps more than for the Terran tourists.”
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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in space.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds
EmphyrioNovel
Jack Vancestandalone novel1969
About rebellion and revolution.
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.”
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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
The OutposterNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972
Space opera, about space colonization and survival, set in space.
“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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