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The Gods ThemselvesNovel
Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1972
Set in parallel universe and the moon.
Blindsight / FirefallSeries
series3 books2006
First contact, tense in tone.
Start with Blindsight →
Ender's GameUniverse
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
Start with Ender's Game →
includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
Space opera, adventurous in tone, about uplift.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift, Uplift Storm
ThornsNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1967
Space opera, about love triangle and loneliness.
“Whose butchered body had been put together by aliens, with artificial and alien replacements.”
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Kefahuchi Tract TrilogySeries
series3 books2002
Space opera.
“M. John Harrison's Kefahuchi Tract trilogy circles a strange, physics-breaking anomaly in deep space that draws scientists, smugglers, and drifters into its pull across different eras.”
from the catalogue
Start with Light →