[Found] Looking for a Science Fiction series I read some time ago
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This is a cross-post from Stack Exchange. I thought I'd post it here to increase the chances of getting an answer, though I wouldn't be surprised if nobody knows.
I'm looking for the name of a series of space opera novels I read some time ago, probably between 2003 and 2010.
- It may have been published quite a few years before I read it, I don't think it was new at the time.
- I borrowed the novels from the local library, but I can't find them in its catalogue.
- I think the covers were fairly dark and plain, though there may have been some artwork on them.
- There was a totalitarian empire that controlled most planets, possibly ruled by a queen.
- There was no mention of Earth, the solar system or other real planets, the setting was completely fictional.
- There were people with psychic/psionic powers, referred to as something like "psi". These people were second-class citizens or slaves.
- Spaceships were used to travel between worlds. I'm not sure what kind of FTL technology they had, if any.
- Beyond the edge of the empire was some kind of "dark space", where there was no light.
- There were some horror themes: When travelling in dark space in one of the novels, a ships crew experienced strange thoughts and hallucinations. I remember finding this quite scary at the time.
Does anyone know which series this could be?
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@Choonster Is it under your bed? You always leave stuff under your bed.
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Long shot: any of McCaffrey's non-Pern books? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_McCaffrey#The_Brain_.26_Brawn_Ship_series
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@Yamikuronue I always kinda enjoyed the Brain/Brawn books...it was an interesting take on being jacked into a system (albeit somewhat more permanently than a lot of other things...)
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@Captain said in Looking for a Science Fiction series I read some time ago:
@Choonster Is it under your bed? You always leave stuff under your bed.
Unfortunately not, it was returned to the library years ago.
@Yamikuronue said in Looking for a Science Fiction series I read some time ago:
Long shot: any of McCaffrey's non-Pern books? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_McCaffrey#The_Brain_.26_Brawn_Ship_series
Thanks, but I don't think it's any of those.
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Two people on Stack Exchange found the series: it's the Deathstalker series by Simon R. Green.
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@Choonster Oooh, love Simon Green. Haven't read those.
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Haven't read that series either. I think I'll check them out next time I need a book.
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@Yamikuronue said in [Found] Looking for a Science Fiction series I read some time ago:
Long shot: any of McCaffrey's non-Pern books? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_McCaffrey#The_Brain_.26_Brawn_Ship_series
Recently started reading a fanfic involving that. Sounds interesting enough.