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  • Cover of The Chrysalids
    The ChrysalidsNovel

    John Wyndham · standalone novel · 1955

    Science fiction, about coming of age, set in secondary world and far future.

    “An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

    “The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dune →

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    includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Background of the Dune Universe

  • Cover of The Change / The Event
    The Change / The EventSeries

    series · 41 books · 1998

    Science fiction, set in north america.

    “Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Island in the Sea of Time →

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  • Cover of Patternist
    PatternistSeries

    series · 6 books · 1976

    completed

    Science fiction, dark in tone.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wild Seed →

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  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

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    includes Canticle, Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, First of the Sun, Threnody, Lumar, Warbreaker

  • Cover of The Hunger Games Universe
    The Hunger GamesUniverse

    universe · 5 books · 2008

    Dystopia and science fiction, set in far future.

    “Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Hunger Games →

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    includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels