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[Anonymous No.9522941]

Is there any sci-fi as expansive, unique, and compelling as Dune?

hit me with em

[Anonymous No.9523642]

my diary desu

[Anonymous No.9523700]

>dune
>expansive
>unique
>compelling
lol

[Anonymous No.9523703]

>>9523700
>any book
>detailed
>original
>thought provoking
lmao

[Anonymous No.9524195]

Battletech. Not even joking.

>TFW no clanner gf

[Anonymous No.9524202]

>>9522941

THE
BOOK
OF
THE
NEW
SUN

[Anonymous No.9526344]

is gene wolfe any good

[Anonymous No.9526354]

>>9524195
Doesn't battletech basically just rip off dune, and throw mechs in?

[Anonymous No.9526640]

The three body problem trilogy by liu cixin
It gets better with each book, and starts amazing

[Anonymous No.9526824]

>>9526354
It rips off Dune, japanese anime and pulp war stories.

But it blends it so well that it is very unique.

For example, the Clans have a very interesting society of caste-based clans, where members are genetically designed from birth to be perfect. They then receive training and further genetic modifications to specialize them for their roles. Pilots tend to be leaner and have better hand-eye coordination, Elementals(like the chick in the picture in the post you qouted) tend to stand a good head-taller than the average human and are super muscular, ect.

THe Inner Sphere nations are cool too. There's stories of the larger supernations(like the Draconis Combine and the Free Worlds League) manipulating the politics of the smaller and weaker Periphery states to create buffer zones and to fight proxy wars.

Also, there's giant robots, if that in and of itself isnt a selling point, check your testosterone level.

[Anonymous No.9526872]

>>9522941
Considering Dune is poorly written drivel with paper-thin characters and an idiot plot, plenty
1) The Skylark of Space series
2) Lensmen series
3) The Dragon Never Sleeps
4) Space Viking
5) The Childe Cycle
6) The Alliance-Union Universe
7) The PsychoTechnic League
top of my head

[Anonymous No.9526880]

>>9523703
>Reading
Kek