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series7 books1953

completed

“After Such Knowledge is James Blish's loosely linked trilogy on the costs of forbidden or dangerous knowledge.”
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Start with Doctor Mirabilis →

Saint LeibowitzSeries

series6 books1955

completed

Post-apocalyptic, set in north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe, Dune Sequels

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
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Start with Northern Lights →

includes The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials

Cat's CradleNovel

Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1963

Satire and postmodern, about nanotechnology, set in mid 20th century.

ShadowmancerSeries

series2 books2002

Adventurous in tone, set in british isles.

“In G. P. Taylor's Shadowmancer, an evil clergyman, Reverend Obadiah Demurral, seeks two powerful amulets called the Keruvim that would let him command the elements and remake the world in his image.”
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Start with Shadowmancer →

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