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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Funny in tone, set in space and far future.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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Start with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →

includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

series11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
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Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

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.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

BarsoomSeries

series53 books1917

Science fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
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Start with A Princess of Mars →

Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

First contact, about faith and religion, set in north america and near future.

The Martian ChroniclesSeries

series30 books1946

completed

Reflective in tone, about space colonization, set in mars and near future.

Start with The Million Year Picnic →

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