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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

Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in north america.

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

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

Childhood's EndNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953

First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens and technological singularity.

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Julian WestSeries

series7 books1888

Set in north america.

“Together the two novels were highly influential on turn-of-the-century utopian and socialist thought.”
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Start with Looking Backward, 2000-1887 →

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