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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 →
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, Corum, Hawkmoon, Warrior of Mars, The Elric Saga
The Maracot DeepNovel
Arthur Conan Doylestandalone novel1929
Adventure, set in underwater and lost world.
Lost HorizonNovel
James Hiltonstandalone novel1933
Literary & general, reflective in tone, set in mountains.
TarzanUniverse
universe100 books1912
Adventure.
“Deep in a jungle no map has tamed, an English lord's orphaned son is suckled by a she-ape and grows to manhood knowing neither his name nor his kind.”
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Start with Tarzan of the Apes →
includes Tarzan, The Wild Adventures of Tarzan, The Tarzan Trilogy, Tarzan's Africa / Opar / Khokarsa, Tarzan and the Martian Legion
The Leviathan TrilogySeries
series3 books2009
Steampunk, about genetic engineering and war.
“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
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Start with Leviathan →