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MockingbirdNovel
Walter Tevisstandalone novel1980
Dystopia, sad in tone, about loneliness, set in our world.
“WorldCat: In a future world where mankind is dying, humans wander through life in a drugged electronic bliss.”
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2312Novel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
Hard science fiction, about genetic engineering and terraforming.
The CultureUniverse
universe21 books1987
Space opera, set in galactic scale.
“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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Start with Consider Phlebas →
includes Culture
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
Space opera, tense in tone, about war, set in other star systems.
Start with Berserker →
IcehengeNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel1984
Hard science fiction, about space exploration and rebellion and revolution.
“The first is the diary of Emma Weil, an engineer swept into a Martian revolution in 2248, conscripted onto a rebel starship fitted for a voyage beyond the solar system, and forced to decide how far her sympathy for the uprising extends.”
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RadchaaiUniverse
universe11 books2012
Space opera, about political intrigue and identity, set in other star systems.
“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