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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, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)

The Andromeda StrainSeries

series2 books1969

Tense in tone, about plague and pandemic and survival.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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Start with The Andromeda Strain →

ChockySeries

series2 books1968

Mysterious in tone, about aliens.

“The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967.”
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The WandererNovel

Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1964

Tense in tone, about aliens and survival, set in space.

PatternistSeries

series6 books1976

completed

Dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
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Start with Wild Seed →

The Dreaming JewelsNovel

Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1950

Emotional in tone, about genetic engineering and identity.

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