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universe39 books1977

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.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

Xenogenesis / Lilith's BroodSeries

series4 books1987

completed

First contact, about genetic engineering, set in far future.

“aliens reproducing with humans. they are mixing genes with humans because humans have destroyed earth basically because nuclear war. because they are stupid. credit to katsoda26”
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Start with Dawn →

SparrowSeries

series2 books1996

First contact, about faith and religion and grief and loss.

“The title refers to Gospel of Matthew 10:29–31, which relates that not even a sparrow falls to the earth without God's knowledge thereof.”
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Start with The Sparrow →