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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera.
“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
TeixcalaanSeries
series2 books2019
Space opera, 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.”
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Start with A Memory Called Empire →
TritonNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1976
Challenging in tone, about gender and society.
RadchaaiUniverse
universe11 books2012
Space opera.
“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
Imperial EarthNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1975
About cloning and space exploration, set in outer planets & moons.
“The plot follows the protagonist, Duncan Makenzie, on a trip to Earth from his home on Titan, in large part as a diplomatic visit to the U.S. for its quincentennial in 2276, but also to have a clone of himself produced.”
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Beyond This HorizonNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1948
Dystopia, about genetic engineering and rebellion and revolution, set in our world.
“For centuries, disease, hunger, poverty, and war have been things found only in the history tapes.”
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