Editorial collection
Closed worlds · costly resources · survival economics
Nothing Wasted, Nothing Free
On Mars, Arrakis, and a sealed generation ship, survival begins by tracing every flow of water, air, food, fuel, and power—and asking who controls what cannot be replaced.
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Each novel approaches this collection's central pressure from a different world, scale, and scientific angle.
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Novel guide
Leviathan Wakes
Leviathan Wakes
James S. A. Corey
An ice-hauler officer and a Belt detective follow one missing woman into a conspiracy capable of turning political tension into system-wide war.
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Novel guide
Dune
Dune
Frank Herbert
Paul Atreides arrives on a desert world knowing his family has entered a trap—and discovers that surviving it may turn him into the future he fears.
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Novel guide
Caliban's War
Caliban's War
James S. A. Corey
A vanished child, a Martian marine's impossible battlefield report, and a political struggle on Earth pull the Rocinante toward another protomolecule crisis.
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Novel guide
The Eternal Flame
The Eternal Flame
Greg Egan
Three generations into the Peerless voyage, Tamara, Carlo, Carla, and Patrizia must solve fuel and population crises without letting survival make anyone's body expendable.
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Novel guide
The Martian
The Martian
Andy Weir
Left for dead on Mars, Mark Watney must turn a short-stay habitat into a system that can keep him alive long enough for distant humans to reach him.
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Novel guide
Babylon's Ashes
Babylon's Ashes
James S. A. Corey
After the attacks on Earth, the Free Navy controls the Belt and the routes to new worlds, forcing old enemies to build an alliance that can survive its own history.
One question. Several universes willing to answer it differently.
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