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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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includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
PandoraSeries
series4 books1966
Science fiction, about artificial intelligence and survival, set in far future and 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.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, about political intrigue and aliens.
“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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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
Space opera, about robots and war, set in space.
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The Status CivilizationNovel
Robert Sheckleystandalone novel1960
Dystopia, about prison escape and amnesia.
“On Omega, his only chance to advance himself -- and stay alive -- is to commit an endless series of violent crimes.”
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The ChrysalidsNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955
Post-apocalyptic, reflective in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.
“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
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