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  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    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 →

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    includes The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Trantorian Empire, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)

  • Cover of Bring the Jubilee
    Bring the JubileeNovel

    Ward Moore · standalone novel · 1953

    Reflective in tone, about war, set in north america and 19th century.

    “Like most Northerners, Hodge was poor - but he had ambition.”

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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of Lest Darkness Fall
    Lest Darkness FallSeries

    series · 4 books · 1941

    Set in ancient world.

    “David Drake's later novella To Bring the Light, sometimes packaged alongside it, borrows the same time-travel-to-Rome premise with a different protagonist.”

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    Start with Lest Darkness Fall →

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  • Cover of Century Rain
    Century RainNovel

    Alastair Reynolds · standalone novel · 2004

    Mystery & detective and noir, about identity, set in mid 20th century.

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  • Cover of The Proteus Operation
    The Proteus OperationNovel

    James P. Hogan · standalone novel · 1985

    Tense in tone, about war, set in our world and mid 20th century.

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