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VorkosiganUniverse
universe27 books1986
Set in other star systems.
“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 Cordelia Vorkosigan, Miles Vorkosigan, Quaddies
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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Tomorrow and TomorrowNovel
Charles Sheffieldstandalone novel1997
About immortality.
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, Second Formic War, Fleet School
Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Adventurous in tone, about space exploration and coming of age.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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The CultureUniverse
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