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Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968

Space opera, about revenge, set in other star systems.

“The plot concerns the spaceship captain Lorq Von Ray's search for a nova, which will produce the essential power source Illyrion, and his vendetta with the Red family, who seek to kill him.”
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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Foundation →

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

A Tale of Time CityNovel

Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1987

About coming of age, set in early 20th century.

“In 1939 an eleven-year-old London girl is kidnapped to Time City, a place existing outside the stream of time and manipulating the history of humanity, where she finds the inhabitants facing their worst hour of crisis.”
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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

series7 books2003

Fantasy, about chosen one.

Start with Mister Monday →

Lucky StarrSeries

series8 books1952

completed

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in far future.

“Conceived partly as a science-fictional take on the Lone Ranger, the six-book series lets Asimov work real planetary science into old-fashioned adventure plots.”
from the catalogue

Start with David Starr: Space Ranger →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings

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