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  • Cover of Lest Darkness Fall
    Lest Darkness FallSeries

    series · 4 books · 1941

    Time travel, set in ancient world.

    “David Drake's later novella To Bring the Light, sometimes packaged alongside it, borrows the same time-travel-to-Rome premise with a different protagonist.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Lest Darkness Fall →

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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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  • Cover of Imperium (Keith Laumer)
    Imperium (Keith Laumer)Series

    series · 5 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction.

    “A man from our own reality is pulled into that divergent world, with the series continuing across three further novels.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Worlds of the Imperium →

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  • Cover of The Merchant Princes
    The Merchant PrincesSeries

    series · 14 books · 2004

    Science fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in contemporary.

    “In the series, there exist a number of parallel worlds, all of which are on the same geographical Earth but with different societies at different points of development.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Family Trade →

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  • Cover of Paratime Police
    Paratime PoliceSeries

    series · 33 books · 1948

    Adventurous in tone.

    “The protagonists of the stories are the Paratime Police, the organization that protects the secret of paratime travel.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with He Walked Around the Horses →

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  • Cover of Blake Walker / Crosstime
    Blake Walker / CrosstimeSeries

    series · 2 books · 1956

    completed

    Adventurous in tone, set in alternate earth.

    Start with Quest Crosstime →

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