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HainishSeries

series33 books1964

completed

Reflective in tone.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue

Start with Rocannon's World →

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ender's Game →

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

The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Rowan →

includes Tower and the Hive, Talents (Anne McCaffrey)

Lunar ChroniclesSeries

series15 books2011

Fairy tale retelling, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue.

“Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic.”
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Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →

VorkosiganUniverse

universe27 books1986

Space opera.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
from the catalogue

Start with Shards of Honor →

includes Miles Vorkosigan, Cordelia Vorkosigan, Quaddies

IsisSeries

series3 books1980

completed

About space colonization and coming of age.

“The trilogy continues through The Guardian of Isis and The Isis Pedlar, later collected together as The Isis Trilogy.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Keeper of the Isis Light →

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