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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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 Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →

includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

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

Starman JonesNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953

About space exploration and coming of age, set in spaceship.

“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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Citizen of the GalaxyNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957

About coming of age and identity.

“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
from the catalogue

HeecheeSeries

series19 books1972

completed

About aliens and space exploration.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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Start with Gateway →

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