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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 Foundation, Trantorian Empire, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories), The Positronic Robot Stories
The CultureUniverse
universe21 books1987
About artificial intelligence.
“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
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
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.”
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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of SandNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1984
About aliens and identity.
Last MenUniverse
universe21 books1930
Science fiction, reflective and challenging in tone, set in far future.
“Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”
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Start with Star Maker →
includes Star Maker, Last and First Men
Tau ZeroNovel
Poul Andersonstandalone novel1970
Hard science fiction, about space exploration and survival, set in spaceship.
“During an epic voyage to a planet 30 light years away, the engines of the starship the 'Leonora Christine' are damaged.”
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