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The Exclamatory Series is 24 books, 1980–1998.

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Kairos
Earthsea
Best from F&SF
Stephen King multiverse
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
JL Anthologies
Coloured Fairy Books
Tolkien's legendarium
His Dark Materials

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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Best from F&SFSeries

seriesEdward L. Ferman, Anthony Boucher, Avram Davidson, J. Francis McComas, Robert P. Mills, James Blish & Michael Shea26 books1952

Fantasy and science fiction.

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Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott CardSeries

seriesOrson Scott Card9 books1979

Science fiction, set in contemporary.

“Like Card's novels, most of the stories have a science fiction or fantasy theme.”
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Start with The Changed Man →

JL AnthologiesSeries

seriesuncredited10 books2016

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with From the Stories of Old: A Collection of Fairy Tale Retellings →

Coloured Fairy BooksSeries

seriesAndrew Lang & Anatole France13 books1883

Fairy tale retelling.

“Compiled with his wife Leonora Blanche Lang, the series collects nearly 800 stories in all and did much to establish fairy tales as a respected part of children's literature, inspiring many later imitators.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blue Fairy Book →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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.”
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What should I read after The Exclamatory Series?: Kairos — the closest match to The Exclamatory Series on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Exclamatory Series?: Aliens!. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Exclamatory Series.
How big is The Exclamatory Series?: The Exclamatory Series is 24 books, 1980–1998.

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