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This comedic space opera follows Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman, as he travels through space after Earth is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. He is accompanied by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the guidebook of the title, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian, and the depressed robot Marvin.

This series of novels by Iain M. Banks explores a post-scarcity, human/machine symbiotic society called the Culture. The series deals with complex moral and ethical dilemmas often sparked by the Culture’s interactions with other societies.

In a society stratified by color, with Reds at the bottom, Darrow, a Red, infiltrates the Gold ruling caste to seek justice and vengeance for his people. The series follows his transformation and the uprising he sparks within the society.

The first novel in the Culture series, it introduces the interstellar utopian society known as the Culture. The story follows the mercenary Bora Horza Gobuchul on his mission to retrieve a Culture Mind. The tale unfolds against the backdrop of a galaxy-spanning war.

The story follows Juan 'Johnny' Rico, who joins the Mobile Infantry of the Terran Federation to fight the Arachnids, a species of aliens. It explores military themes and moralistic aspects of citizenship, duty, and war.

The Expanse series begins with 'Leviathan Wakes' and is initially set in a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System. It follows James Holden, a ship's officer turned unlikely hero, and Detective Miller as they become involved in a system-wide mystery and conspiracy.

On the world of Hyperion, seven pilgrims share their stories while journeying to the Valley of the Time Tombs, where the Shrike, a being able to control time, awaits. The pilgrims, including a priest, a soldier, and a poet, have their own reasons for the journey.

Follows William Mandella, a soldier fighting an interminable and distant battle against the Taurans. Due to time dilation, Mandella and his fellow soldiers age months while the rest of humanity ages centuries.

Revelation Space is set in a universe where humanity has spread to many stars but faces annihilation from an unknowable alien force. The story follows characters such as Dan Sylveste who seeks to uncover the history of the Amarantin and the mysterious scavenger Ilia Volyova.

Set in a distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society, Dune tells the story of young Paul Atreides, whose noble family accepts the stewardship of the desert planet Arrakis. The only source of the universe's most valuable substance, the 'spice' melange, is found on Arrakis, leading to conflict and conspiracy.

Foundation follows the mathematician Hari Seldon who develops psychohistory, a method of predicting the future. Seldon foresees the fall of the Galactic Empire and establishes two Foundations at opposite ends of the galaxy to preserve knowledge and save humanity from a dark age.

Ender's Game centers on Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin, a child who is recruited into a military space academy to be trained for combat against an alien race known as the Formics. Ender's strategic genius is both his advantage and source of isolation.

John Perry joins the Colonial Defense Forces on his seventy-fifth birthday to fight in an interstellar war. The elderly are given young bodies with enhanced physical capabilities to battle alien species for human colonizable space.