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  • Cover of Hainish
    HainishSeries

    series · 33 books · 1964

    completed

    Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

    “The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Rocannon's World →

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  • Cover of Ender's Game Universe
    Ender's GameUniverse

    universe · 39 books · 1977

    Science fiction, 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ender's Game →

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

  • Cover of Against the Fall of Night
    Against the Fall of NightSeries

    series · 2 books · 1953

    Science fiction, reflective in tone, about space exploration, set in far future and other star systems.

    “Against the Fall of Night is Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 novel of a stagnant, climate-controlled city called Diaspar a billion years in Earth's future, where a young man named Alvin becomes the first in living memory to want to leave it.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Against the Fall of Night →

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  • Cover of Infinity Beach
    Infinity BeachNovel

    Jack McDevitt · standalone novel · 2000

    Science fiction and first contact, mysterious in tone, about aliens and space exploration, set in far future and other star systems.

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  • Cover of CoDominium
    CoDominiumUniverse

    universe · 98 books · 1971

    Military science fiction.

    “The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

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    includes Moties, War World, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen

  • Cover of Downward to the Earth
    Downward to the EarthNovel

    Robert Silverberg · standalone novel · 1969

    About redemption and colonialism.

    “On his return, he feels a new sense of kinship with the natives, perhaps more than for the Terran tourists.”

    from the catalogue

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