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HainishSeries
series33 books1964
completed
Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →
Ender's GameUniverse
universe39 books1977
Science fiction, 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
Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
About faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america and near future.
Against the Fall of NightSeries
series2 books1953
About space exploration.
“Against the Fall of Night is Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 novel of a stagnant, climate-controlled city called Diaspar a billion years in Earth's future, where a young man named Alvin becomes the first in living memory to want to leave it.”
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Start with Against the Fall of Night →
The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About space exploration and immortality.
Learning the WorldNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005
Space opera and hard science fiction, about space exploration and space colonization.
“On the fringes, less modified humans get on with the job of settling a universe that has, so far, been empty of intelligent life.”
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