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universe21 books1987

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

Terro-Human Future HistoryUniverse

universe48 books1952

Set in far future.

“History does not repeat, Piper's chroniclers are fond of saying — it rhymes, and it rhymes in iron.”
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Start with Little Fuzzy →

includes Terro-Human, Terro-Human (Wehr)

HainishSeries

series33 books1964

completed

Reflective in tone, set in far future.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

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.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in far future.

“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 →

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

RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and space.

“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ancillary Justice →

includes Imperial Radch

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