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  • Cover of The Dark World
    The Dark WorldNovel

    Henry Kuttner · standalone novel · 1965

    About transported to another world.

    “Roger Zelazny, author of The Chronicles of Amber, credits this book as being one of his primary influences during his youth.”

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  • Cover of Jack of Shadows
    Jack of ShadowsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1971

    About quests and reincarnation.

    Start with Jack of Shadows →

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  • Cover of Gor
    GorSeries

    series · 41 books · 1966

    Sword and sorcery, about slavery and gender and society.

    “The Gor series repeatedly depicts men abducting and physically and sexually brutalizing women, who grow to enjoy their submissive state.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Tarnsman of Gor →

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  • Cover of City of Bones
    City of BonesNovel

    Martha Wells · standalone novel · 1995

    About quests and ecological collapse, set in desert and big city.

    “Sand ship now traverse the routes once used by the great war galleons, and a glittering chain of city-states dot the Great Waste.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings

  • Cover of Alliance-Union Universe
    Alliance-UnionUniverse

    universe · 173 books · 1976

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Heavy Time →

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    includes Morgaine, Chanur, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Company Wars, Hanan Rebellion, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside