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QuadrailSeries
series5 books2005
About aliens.
“Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within.”
from the catalogue
Start with Night Train to Rigel →
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and 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 Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue
Start with Foundation →
includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Mote in God's Eye →
includes Moties, Laurie Jo Hansen, Falkenberg's Legion, War World
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Military science fiction, adventurous in tone.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military science fiction.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Expanded Honorverse, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction