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CavorSeries
series2 books1901
About space exploration and aliens, set in the moon.
“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 →
The Monster MenNovel
Edgar Rice Burroughsstandalone novel1929
About genetic engineering and identity, set in islands.
A Columbus of SpaceNovel
Garrett P. Servissstandalone novel1911
Adventure, about space exploration and aliens, set in venus & inner planets.
“The year was 1909 and Garrett Putnam Serviss was already a respected science writer for the Hearst newspaper group.”
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This ImmortalSeries
series2 books1966
Post-apocalyptic, about immortality and aliens, set in far future.
Start with This Immortal →
DarwiniaNovel
Robert Charles Wilsonstandalone novel1998
Alternate history, about expeditions and faith and religion, set in alternate earth.
“From the front flap of the Tor first edition: In 1912, history was changed by the Miracle, when the old world of Europe was replaced by Darwinia, a strange land of nightmarish jungle and antediluvian monsters.”
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Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse
universe102 books1961
Set in secondary world.
“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
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Start with Elric of Melniboné →
includes Oswald Bastable, Eternal Champion, Corum, Warrior of Mars, Hawkmoon, The Elric Saga