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series41 books1998

Science fiction, set in north america.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
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Start with Island in the Sea of Time →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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Start with Heavy Time →

includes Company Wars, Chanur, Mri Wars, Morgaine, Era of Rapprochement, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration, Unionside

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes The Genesis of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Word and the Void

The Bone World TrilogySeries

series3 books2007

Science fiction, dark in tone.

Start with The Inferior →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Science fiction and steampunk, set in far future.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
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Start with Mortal Engines →

includes Mortal Engines Prequels, Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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Start with Gardens of the Moon →

includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

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