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universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence, set in 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

Thousand WorldsSeries

series24 books1971

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

“George R.R. Martin's Thousand Worlds is a loose future-history setting he used for several of his 1970s-80s stories and novels, encompassing human interstellar colonization and encounters with older, stranger civilizations.”
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Start with The Hero →

The Last ManNovel

Mary Shelleystandalone novel1826

Post-apocalyptic, about last of their kind and plague and pandemic, set in europe.

“The narrative concerns Europe in the late 21st century, ravaged by the rise of a bubonic plague pandemic that rapidly sweeps across the entire globe, ultimately resulting in the near-extinction of humanity.”
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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Fleet School, Second Formic War

Tomorrow and TomorrowNovel

Charles Sheffieldstandalone novel1997

Reflective in tone, about immortality.

Flowers for AlgernonNovel

Daniel Keyesstandalone novel1966

Emotional in tone, set in north america and contemporary.

“A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”
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