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Museum Core is 4 books, 2024–2026.

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Ender's Game
Richard Forthrast
Sprawl Trilogy
Commonwealth
Known Space
Dune
Forever War
The Culture
Otherland

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

Set in our world and north america.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, set in big city.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Space opera.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue description

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in space and other star systems.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue description

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction, set in space.

Start with The Forever War →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

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OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

Cyberpunk, set in our world.

“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with City of Golden Shadow →

Why these

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What should I read after Museum Core?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Museum Core on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Museum Core?: Museum Core. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Museum Core.
How big is Museum Core?: Museum Core is 4 books, 2024–2026.

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