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The Status CivilizationNovel
Robert Sheckleystandalone novel1960
Dystopia, dark in tone, about prison escape and class conflict.
“On Omega, his only chance to advance himself -- and stay alive -- is to commit an endless series of violent crimes.”
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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.”
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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
VorkosiganUniverse
universe27 books1986
Space opera.
“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
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Start with Shards of Honor →
includes Cordelia Vorkosigan, Miles Vorkosigan, Quaddies
Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
Adventurous in tone, about space exploration and coming of age.
“As the final test of a survivalist/explorer class, teenagers are dumped on an alien planet to use their skills while awaiting pickup.”
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Federation (Lauren Dane)Series
series2 books2008
About enemies to lovers.
“Now she must obey the one man she can't stand—and can't stop thinking about.With the enemy Imperialists gaining ground, a covert team is assembled by Ash Walker.”
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Start with Undercover →
The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, about political intrigue and aliens.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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