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TritonNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1976
Challenging in tone, about gender and society.
TeixcalaanSeries
series2 books2019
Space opera, tense in tone.
“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Memory Called Empire →
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
A Time of ChangesNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1971
About faith and religion.
The Man in the MazeNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
About psychic powers and loneliness.
HainishSeries
series33 books1964
completed
Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue
Start with Rocannon's World →