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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, 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.”
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Start with Foundation →

includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Positronic Robot Stories, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)

HainishSeries

series33 books1964

completed

Reflective in tone.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

Space opera, about political intrigue and identity, set in space.

“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

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, Falkenberg's Legion, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen

JaranSeries

series6 books1992

Space opera, about aliens and political intrigue.

“Heir to empire - Tess had been cursed by an accident of birth, cursed to be the sister of the one man honored by the alien conquerors of human-run space.”
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Start with Jaran →

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