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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    Fantasy.

    “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 →

    similar bysecondary world

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

  • Cover of Apprentice Adept
    Apprentice AdeptSeries

    series · 7 books · 1980

    Set in parallel universe and far future.

    “Phaze is a lush planet of magic, where Proton is a barren mining planet of science.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Split Infinity →

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  • Cover of Gor
    GorSeries

    series · 41 books · 1966

    Sword and sorcery, dark in tone, about slavery and gender and society.

    “The Gor series repeatedly depicts men abducting and physically and sexually brutalizing women, who grow to enjoy their submissive state.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Tarnsman of Gor →

    similar byscience fantasysecondary world+1 more

  • Cover of Warlock in Spite of Himself
    Warlock in Spite of HimselfSeries

    series · 27 books · 1969

    completed

    Science fantasy, set in secondary world.

    Start with Escape Velocity →

    similar bysecondary worldscience fantasy+2 more

  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

    “There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

    similar bywizardssecondary world

    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of Dying Earth
    Dying EarthSeries

    series · 27 books · 1950

    Fantasy.

    “Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Dying Earth →

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