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Kairos
His Dark Materials
The Island of Dr. Moreau
InterWorld
Shade's Children milieu
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Red Queen
Barsoom
Chaos Walking

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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The Island of Dr. MoreauSeries

seriesMegan Shepherd, H. G. Wells, Brad Linaweaver, Brian W. Aldiss, Fred Olen Ray, Heather O'Neill, Jonathan Maberry, Robert Hoskins, Ron Goulart & Silvia Moreno-Garcia12 books1896

Set in 19th century.

“Taken together, the group traces one unsettling premise across more than a century of speculative fiction rather than forming a single ongoing story.”
from the catalogue description

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InterWorldSeries

seriesMichael Reaves, Mallory Reaves & Neil Gaiman3 books2007

Science fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in parallel universe and contemporary.

“Michael Reaves developed the story with Neil Gaiman, and Reaves's daughter Mallory Reaves co-wrote the two sequels.”
from the catalogue description

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Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic and dystopia, about survival, set in near future.

Start with Shade's Children →

The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Post-apocalyptic, about psychic powers, set in far future and secondary world.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
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Start with Obernewtyn →

Red QueenSeries

seriesVictoria Aveyard14 books2015

Dystopia, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in secondary world.

“Victoria Aveyard's debut novel opens a four-book main sequence - Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm - plus the interstitial novella Cruel Crown and the epilogue novella Broken Throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Queen Song →

BarsoomSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917

Science fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Princess of Mars →

Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Dystopia, tense in tone, set in other star systems and far future.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

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What should I read after DC Super Heroes Origins?: Kairos — the closest match to DC Super Heroes Origins on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with DC Super Heroes Origins?: Batgirl: An Origin Story. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for DC Super Heroes Origins.
How big is DC Super Heroes Origins?: DC Super Heroes Origins is 4 books, from 2020.

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