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SilvergirlSeries
series1 book1999
Science fiction and space opera, dark and emotional in tone, about genetic engineering and immortality, set in galactic scale and far future.
“Orphans of uncreated time: Violet is an optimod space pilot - a beautiful, purple-furred human-fox hybrid.”
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Start with When We Were Real →
The Eyes of HeisenbergNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1966
Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in our world.
“Tens of thousands of years in the future, Earth is ruled by the Optimen, a genetically engineered aristocracy that has made itself functionally immortal, while ordinary people, the Folk, live under strict reproductive control.”
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FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
Science fiction, about robots, set in far future.
“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, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)
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
Sun EaterSeries
series36 books2018
About war.
“The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky.”
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Start with Empire of Silence →
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