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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Science fiction and space opera.
“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
The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Science fiction and space opera, about aliens and survival.
“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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SilistraSeries
series4 books1977
completed
Science fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue, set in other star systems and far future.
“High Couch of Silistra was the debut title of Morris' writing career.”
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Start with High Couch of Silistra →
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about war, set in secondary world.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
The Stellar LegionNovel
E. C. Tubbstandalone novel1954
Science fiction and military science fiction, about war.
“When he is sent to the penal world of Stellar, he survives, winning promotion in the Stellar Legion, a brutal military system.”
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The Sardonyx NetNovel
Elizabeth A. Lynnstandalone novel1981
Science fiction and space opera, about slavery and rebellion and revolution.
“The slave trade is the most lucrative business on Chabad.”
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