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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
About political intrigue and survival.
“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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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
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, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
ArmorNovel
John Steakleystandalone novel1984
Military science fiction, about madness.
Suleniar's EnigmaSeries
series3 books2020
Science fiction and space opera, dark and tense in tone, about war and aliens, set in far future.
Start with The Man Without Hands →
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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Start with Heavy Time →
includes Mri Wars, Chanur, Hanan Rebellion, Company Wars, Era of Rapprochement, The Hinder Stars, Unionside, Age of Exploration
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Start with The Mote in God's Eye →
includes Moties, War World, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen