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The Butlerian Jihad

Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

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Premise labels used: machine rebellion, human uprising, anti-AI, origin story, prequel trilogy, galactic conflict, slave revolt, oppressed humans

Setting labels used: far future, interstellar, galactic empire, desert world, planetary conflict, spacefaring civilization, fictional universe

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The Battle of Corrin

Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson · 2005 · Legends of Dune

As humans near victory over the machines, a deadly plague and final showdown reshape the galaxy and Dune’s future.

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Premise labels: human vs machine war · apocalyptic conflict · existential threat · factional origin story · empire formation · worldbuilding prequel · political intrigue · technology backlash · century-spanning war · future-history setup

Setting labels: desert planet · galactic setting · spacefaring civilization · futuristic civilization · planetary warfare · multiple planets · long future history · distant past · interstellar empire · post-technological collapse

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Distance: 0.1254

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The Machine Crusade

Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson · 2004 · Legends of Dune

A sprawling Dune prequel chronicles the grinding war against thinking machines and the origins of key future factions.

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Premise labels: human vs machine · anti-AI war · holy war · prequel history · origin story · civilization collapse · power struggle · faction conflict

Setting labels: galactic scale · interplanetary · spacefaring civilization · Arrakis · Caladan · Ginaz · Corrin · Dune universe · far future

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Distance: 0.1292

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Berserker

Fred Saberhagen · 1986 · Berserker

A linked set of SF stories follows humanity’s fight against ancient, self-aware death machines across the galaxy.

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Premise labels: human vs machine · killer robots · self-replicating machines · interstellar war · post-war legacy · AI rebellion · survival against extinction · enemy adaptation

Setting labels: far future · interstellar · galactic scale · deep space · human expansion into space · human colonization · frontier worlds · space warfare · old war between alien civilizations

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Distance: 0.1492

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Freedom's Fire Box Set: The Complete Military Space Opera Series

Bobby Adair · 2019 · Freedom's Fire

An enslaved human soldier joins a secret rebellion in an alien-ruled future, fighting for freedom in brutal space war.

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Premise labels: human resistance · alien conquest · enslavement · secret rebellion · space war · freedom struggle · underdog fight · military uprising

Setting labels: near future · Earth · solar system · interstellar war · alien-occupied Earth · spacefaring future · militarized future · dystopian future · shipboard combat · other solar systems

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Banishment

Raymond L. Weil · 2020 · The Forgotten Empire

An outmatched human empire faces alien conquest and begins a long fight to rebuild and strike back.

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Premise labels: human empire · alien oppression · interstellar war · restoration quest · resistance effort · retaliation plan · imperial decline · technological catch-up

Setting labels: galactic empire · deep space · interstellar civilization · future history · primitive planet · alternative history · ancient aliens · space war

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Distance: 0.1525

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Center of Gravity

Ian Douglas · 2011 · Star Carrier

A rogue admiral leads a battered human fleet into enemy space to stop an alien empire bent on halting human transcendence.

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Premise labels: interstellar war · humanity under siege · take the fight to the enemy · technological transcendence · fleet action · defensive war

Setting labels: far future · spacefaring civilization · interstellar warzone · human space · enemy territory · galactic empire · solar system defense · military future

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Distance: 0.1554

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The Human

Neal Asher · 2020 · Rise of the Jain

A galaxy-spanning final battle forces humans, AIs, and aliens into a fragile alliance against an ancient, overwhelming threat.

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Premise labels: galactic war · ancient technology · apocalyptic conflict · fragile alliance · existential threat · power escalation

Setting labels: far future · galactic scale · spacefaring civilization · planetary defense · ancient civilization · posthuman setting

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Distance: 0.1595

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Never Surrender

Michael Anderle · 2017 · The Kurtherian Gambit

An empress and her crew battle rebels, alien holdouts, and space fleets to secure a hard-won interstellar empire.

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Premise labels: galactic empire · alien occupation · insurrection · military rebellion · revolution · defense of subjects · anti-slavery · power struggle

Setting labels: space station · asteroid base · interstellar empire · alien systems · planetary occupation · post-conquest setting · space warfare · futuristic setting

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Descender, Vol. 5: Rise of the Robots

Jeff Lemire · 2018 · Descender

As robots rise across the galaxy, Tim-21 and scattered allies are drawn into an interstellar war with buried origins.

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Premise labels: robot uprising · human vs robots · intergalactic war · AI conflict · bounty hunters · survival · mysterious origins · chosen one

Setting labels: space opera · intergalactic · galaxy · ocean planet · mysterious planet · robot society · futuristic · dystopian · war-torn

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Dawn

Yoshiki Tanaka · 2016 · 銀河英雄伝説 [Ginga eiyū densetsu]

Two rival military prodigies battle across a galactic war while their empires’ politics, ideals, and corruption collide.

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Premise labels: galactic war · rival commanders · political conflict · military strategy · democracy vs monarchy · power struggle · rise to power · state corruption

Setting labels: distant future · spacefaring civilization · galactic empire · interstellar conflict · post-Earth humanity · multiple planets · militarized society · fictional future history

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Crystal Soldier

Sharon Lee, Steve Miller · 2007 · Liaden Universe, Chronological

A stranded soldier and a wary trader are pulled into a desperate fight against an ancient enemy, with a sentient tree in tow.

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Premise labels: origin story · prequel · humanity under threat · ancient enemy · genetically engineered humans · sentient tree · covert mission · uneasy partnership · smuggler and soldier · survival and escape

Setting labels: interstellar civilization · space war · desert planet · dead world · dying planet · far future · galactic scale · Spiral Arm · alien planet · offworld travel

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Foundation's Edge

Isaac Asimov · 2010 · Foundation (Publication Order)

Two Foundation exiles chase a rumored truth about Earth and the Second Foundation while a stranger force reshapes the galaxy.

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Premise labels: psychohistory · galactic politics · secret organization · search quest · hidden history · control of destiny · post-imperial future · third force · humanity's origin

Setting labels: far future · galactic civilization · interstellar · post-imperial · planetary search · spacefaring

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Distance: 0.1628

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