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WolflingNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1969
About aliens and political intrigue.
“Jim was just another wolfling to Afuan - a lesser being from a backward colony world.”
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The Status CivilizationNovel
Robert Sheckleystandalone novel1960
About prison escape and amnesia.
“On Omega, his only chance to advance himself -- and stay alive -- is to commit an endless series of violent crimes.”
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Red RisingSeries
series13 books2014
About rebellion and revolution.
“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
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The Man Who Used the UniverseNovel
Alan Dean Fosterstandalone novel1983
About aliens.
The OutposterNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972
About space colonization and survival.
“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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The Eyes of HeisenbergNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1966
Thriller & suspense, about genetic engineering and immortality, set in our world.
“Tens of thousands of years in the future, Earth is ruled by the Optimen, a genetically engineered aristocracy that has made itself functionally immortal, while ordinary people, the Folk, live under strict reproductive control.”
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