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  • Cover of The Culture
    The CultureUniverse

    universe · 21 books · 1987

    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
    Start with Consider Phlebas →

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    includes Culture

  • Cover of Change War
    Change WarSeries

    series · 16 books · 1958

    completed

    Time travel.

    “Leiber followed it with a string of shorter Change War stories, later gathered into collections such as Changewar, exploring other soldiers and other flashpoints in the same endless, mutable conflict.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Big Time →

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  • Cover of Alliance-Union Universe
    Alliance-UnionUniverse

    universe · 173 books · 1976

    Set in far future.

    “Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Heavy Time →

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    includes Company Wars, Chanur, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration, Unionside

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens, set in far future 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
    Start with Ringworld →

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    includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Universe
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

    universe · 18 books · 1979

    Humor, funny in tone, set in far future.

    “The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →

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    includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently

  • Cover of Riverworld
    RiverworldSeries

    series · 37 books · 1965

    About faith and religion, 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
    Start with River of Eternity →

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