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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
Space opera, about war, set in space and other star systems.
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Tower of GlassNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1970
About class conflict and slavery.
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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The ChrysalidsNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955
About genetic engineering and survival, set in secondary world.
“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
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FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
Science fiction, about robots, set in far future.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue
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includes The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation, Trantorian Empire, Foundation (Original Stories)
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, 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
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includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe