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series6 books1982

Science fiction and time travel, set in british isles and europe.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
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The Mouse That RoaredSeries

series6 books1955

completed

Satire, set in mid 20th century.

“The 1955 novel uses Fenwick's mismatched ambitions to poke fun at Cold War politics and the nuclear arms race, and Wibberley kept the joke going across four more novels into the 1970s.”
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Bill, the Galactic HeroSeries

series10 books1964

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

“Harry Harrison's Bill, the Galactic Hero is a satire of militaristic science fiction, following a hapless draftee named Bill through a galactic war run by an absurd, dehumanizing military bureaucracy.”
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The Carpet PeopleSeries

series4 books1971

completed

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“The Carpet People imagines an entire civilization of tiny peoples living among the towering fibers of a carpet, where different tribes must set aside old rivalries and unite against a shared threat sweeping through their world.”
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The Stainless Steel RatSeries

series21 books1957

completed

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about con artists, set in far future.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
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Tales from the White HartSeries

series19 books1949

Science fiction, set in mid 20th century and our world.

Start with Critical Mass →

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