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universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

series11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
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Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →

includes The Positronic Robot Stories, Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Foundation (Original Stories), The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation Trilogy

CavorSeries

series2 books1901

About space exploration, set in the moon and early 20th century.

“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 →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School, Ender Wiggin

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in far future and space.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →

includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

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