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Orsinia
The Culture
His Dark Materials
Solar Cycle
Riverworld
Illuminatus
After Such Knowledge
Dune
Erewhon

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin16 books1961

Historical fiction.

“There's no ongoing plot connecting the pieces; Orsinia functions more as a shared place and history than a series with continuing characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Orsinian Tales →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and 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

Reading order →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, 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

Reading order →

Solar CycleSeries

seriesGene Wolfe18 books1980

Science fantasy, set in far future.

Start with The Cat →

RiverworldSeries

seriesPhilip José Farmer, John Gregory Betancourt, Robert Weinberg, Allen Steele, Barry N. Malzberg, Brad Strickland, David Bischoff, Dean Wesley Smith, Ed Gorman, Esther M. Friesner, Harry Turtledove, Jerry Oltion, Jody Lynn Nye, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Mike Resnick, Owl Goingback, Phillip C. Jennings, Rick Wilber, Robert Sampson & Robert Sheckley37 books1965

Set in far future and other star systems.

“The Riverworld is an artificial, or heavily terraformed, planet where all humans who ever lived throughout history have been resurrected.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with River of Eternity →

IlluminatusSeries

seriesRobert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea8 books1975

Satire and postmodern.

Reading order →

After Such KnowledgeSeries

seriesJames Blish7 books1953

“After Such Knowledge is James Blish's loosely linked trilogy on the costs of forbidden or dangerous knowledge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Doctor Mirabilis →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, set in far future and 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 →

ErewhonSeries

seriesSamuel Butler4 books1872

Satire, about class conflict, set in secondary world.

Start with Erewhon, or, Over the Range →

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What should I read after The Protopresbyter's Tale?: Orsinia — the closest match to The Protopresbyter's Tale on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Protopresbyter's Tale?: Brother Theo's God. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Protopresbyter's Tale.
How big is The Protopresbyter's Tale?: The Protopresbyter's Tale is 4 books, from 2005.
Is The Protopresbyter's Tale finished?: Yes — 4 books, from 2005.

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