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Iain M. Banksstandalone novel1993

Adventurous in tone, about magical artifacts and found family, set in other star systems.

series3 books2010

Challenging in tone, about virtual reality and artificial intelligence, set in other star systems.

“Jean le Flambeur is a master thief broken out of a virtual prison to pull off one more impossible heist, in a solar system reshaped by uploaded minds, post-human factions, and economies built on memory and privacy themselves.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Quantum Thief →

The Stainless Steel RatSeries

series21 books1957

completed

Funny and adventurous in tone.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

The Finder ChroniclesSeries

series4 books2019

Adventurous in tone.

“Fergus Ferguson has been called a lot of names: thief, con artist, repo man.”
from the catalogue

Start with Finder →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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 →

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

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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 →

includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

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