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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
About political intrigue.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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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 Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
About robots and war, set in space.
Start with Berserker →
Hunter's RunNovel
Gardner Dozois, George R. R. Martin & Daniel Abrahamstandalone novel2007
Science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, about aliens and survival, set in other star systems and far future.
The OutposterNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972
About class conflict, set in space.
“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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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, War World, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen