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FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
Science fiction, 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 Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, Trantorian Empire, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)
2312Novel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
Hard science fiction, about genetic engineering and terraforming, set in space.
The CultureUniverse
universe21 books1987
Science fiction and space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and galactic scale.
“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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Start with Consider Phlebas →
includes Culture
MockingbirdNovel
Walter Tevisstandalone novel1980
Dystopia, sad in tone, about loneliness.
“WorldCat: In a future world where mankind is dying, humans wander through life in a drugged electronic bliss.”
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RadchaaiUniverse
universe11 books2012
About identity, set in other star systems and space.
“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
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Start with Ancillary Justice →
includes Imperial Radch
The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About space exploration and immortality, set in other star systems.