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  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dune →

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    includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

  • Cover of Alliance-Union Universe
    Alliance-UnionUniverse

    universe · 173 books · 1976

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Heavy Time →

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    includes Chanur, Company Wars, Mri Wars, Hanan Rebellion, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration, The Hinder Stars, Unionside

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens, set in other star systems.

    “Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ringworld →

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    includes Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds, Ringworld

  • Cover of Ender's Game Universe
    Ender's GameUniverse

    universe · 39 books · 1977

    Science fiction, set in far future.

    “To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ender's Game →

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    includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

  • Cover of Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
    Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

    series · 8 books · 1976

    Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

    Start with The Outcasts of Heaven Belt →

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  • Cover of Honorverse
    HonorverseUniverse

    universe · 83 books · 1993

    Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

    “At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with On Basilisk Station →

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    includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Wages of Sin, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Expanded Honorverse, Manticore Ascendant, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)