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A futuristic utopian society, the Culture is the subject of 6 novels and also appears in a short story collection. An anarchy with socialist, democratic leanings, the Culture uses massive automation to free its citizens (people and sentient machines) from the necessity of providing for their own material needs. The ownership of property, objects or...

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Dark Angel follows the story of Max Guevara, also formerly known as X5-452. Max is an escaped genetically engineered super soldier, and her and a number of her comrades escaped from Manticore, a covert operations facility seemingly headed up by Colonel Donald Lydecker who seems intent on tracking the runaways down. When the series starts ...

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A short lived series of 2 RTS computer games, tells the struggle of the Sprawlers with the oppressive JDA, later to become the Imperium, a de facto government of mankind that holds all her colonies in line by rationing water, a scarce resource in the Dark Reign universe.

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A relatively new space sim, Darkstar One features the protagonists powerful ship (whose name is borrowed for the title), that is partially organic and is capable of growing and becoming stronger with time, depending on the number of alien crystals the player collects.

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Deus Ex, and its sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War, are a pair of computer games set in the near future (late 21st century). The games have a dark atmosphere, deal mainly with conspiracy theories, and played like 1st person shooter/sneaker with some RPG elements.

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Doctor Who is a long-running BBC TV series about a mysterious timelord called simply The Doctor. He travels in time with the aid of a companion, sometimes two or three.Over the years, the Doctor has been played by eleven actors on TV and in film (nine of which are considered 'official'). This is explained by the Doctor's ability to regenerate every...

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Dune is centred round the story of the planet Arrakis and the politics surrounding the spice melange, the most precious substance in the universe. The timeframe for the first book written by Frank Herbert is the year 10,191. The Dune Universe is run along feudal lines, with the Emperor presiding over the Landsraad, the colle...

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The story of Earth's encounter with an alien race known as the Taelons, also known as the Companions, who have met Humanity with the promise of peace. However, they possess a hidden agenda which they keep secret while they attempt to forge better relations with Humans. Though this is the case, not all Humans have fallen for this and have formed the...

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A trilogy of books written by David Weber, chronicling the resurrection of the Fourth Imperium by Earth, and fending off the extragalactic menace of the dreaded Achuultani. The books in the trilogy are (in order):Mutineer's MoonThe Armageddon InheritanceHeirs of Empire

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This is an experimental feature of the Sci-fi Database. It is a place for individuals to post original essays and editorial reviews regarding whatever science-fiction franchise they happen to be interested in. (Please use the 'Groups' category at right to navigate to the medium of the chosen franchise; submit essays under 'Ship' and editorials unde...

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A highly sucessful space-sim MMO, lets you select one of four human splinter factions in an eternal struggle for dominance.

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Off beat TV Series, consisting of four seasons and a mini-series. Farscape is a show has attracted a considerable cult following, and seems to be a show that you either love or hate. The premise at first hardly sounds original, the astronaut who is propelled away from all that is familiar to him seems at first more reminiscent of B...

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The story of Firefly follows the crew of the Firefly class transport vessel Serenity. The main characters are a rag-tag bunch, with some war veterans, two fugitives, a mercenary and others. Unlike many sci-fi shows, the crew of the Serenity have widely differing opinions and viewpoints. This often leads to conflicts and is ideal for a more chara...

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The Five Galaxies are home to many independant and often atagonistic star-faring societies. While disparate, they are united by their common civilisation and the bureaucratic Institutes. The Institutes exist mainly so that there can be some communication between enemies and to ensure that there is still a civilisation in the next million years....

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A series of books by Isaac Asimov, spanning several millenia, describing the future history of the human race. Originally divided in two different 'universes', Asimov's last works were written to create a connection between his two great book series. The first of these 'subuniverses', the Robot Series, follows the development of robotic in...

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Consists of two starship-simulation games for the PC: StarLancer and FreeLancer, the latter game being an open trade/exploration game with an innovative implementation of the mouse to control your ship. It was also distinguished by its ship designs, which were designed too look 'good' rather than practical. StarLancer is a fairly mediocr...

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A sci-fi simulation game trilogy composed of two games and an expansion pack. Widely considered to be one of the best sci-fi simulation games ever made, alongside the Wing Commander series.

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An anime cartoon series, centred on the exploits of the five Gundam pilots and their quest to free the space colonies of earth from oppression.

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Consists of two of the most sucessful FPS (first person shooter) ever conceived, as well as their respective add-on packs (such as Blue Shift, Opposing Force, Decay, Episode One and the forecoming Episodes Two and Three).