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TeixcalaanSeries
series2 books2019
Tense in tone.
“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 →
RadchaaiUniverse
universe11 books2012
Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue and identity, set in far future and other star systems.
“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
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Start with Ancillary Justice →
includes Imperial Radch
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and 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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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
TritonNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1976
Challenging in tone, about gender and society.
2312Novel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
Hard science fiction, about genetic engineering and terraforming.
Implied SpacesNovel
Walter Jon Williamsstandalone novel2008
Challenging in tone, about artificial intelligence and virtual reality.