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AuroraNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2015
Reflective in tone, about survival, set in spaceship and generation ship.
PandoraSeries
series4 books1966
About survival.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Destination: Void →
Building Harlequin's MoonNovel
Larry Niven & Brenda Cooperstandalone novel2005
Reflective in tone, about terraforming and class conflict, set in the moon.
“The first interstellar starship, John Glenn, fled a Solar System populated by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, threatened by too much nanotechnology and rife with political dangers.”
from the catalogue
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
HelliconiaSeries
series4 books1982
completed
Reflective in tone.
Start with Helliconia Spring →
HegiraNovel
Greg Bearstandalone novel1979
Set in space.