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This ImmortalSeries
series2 books1966
Post-apocalyptic, about immortality, set in our world and far future.
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Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse
universe102 books1961
Set in secondary world.
“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
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Start with Elric of Melniboné →
includes Oswald Bastable, Eternal Champion, Warrior of Mars, Corum, Hawkmoon, The Elric Saga
Downward to the EarthNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
About aliens and redemption, set in other star systems and far future.
“On his return, he feels a new sense of kinship with the natives, perhaps more than for the Terran tourists.”
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CavorSeries
series2 books1901
About space exploration and aliens, set in the moon.
“H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”
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Start with The First Men in the Moon →
HerlandSeries
series2 books1915
completed
Literary & general, about gender and society.
Start with Herland →
The Languages of PaoNovel
Jack Vancestandalone novel1958
About political intrigue and rebellion and revolution, set in other star systems and far future.
“In the novel, the placid people from the planet Pao rely on other planets for technological innovations and manufactured goods and they do not resist when an invading force occupies the land and levies heavy taxes.”
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