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Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953

First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens, set in our world.

universe39 books1977

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

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

Spin / HypotheticalsSeries

series3 books2005

Hard science fiction, about aliens, set in other star systems.

“One night, the stars vanish behind an opaque membrane that has sealed off the Earth, and inside it time runs so much slower than the universe outside that billions of years pass beyond the barrier for every year lived on the ground.”
from the catalogue

Start with Spin →

Cosmic Trilogy (C. S. Lewis)Series

series4 books1938

completed

About faith and religion and aliens, set in other star systems.

Start with Out of the Silent Planet →

Last MenUniverse

universe21 books1930

Challenging in tone, set in far future.

“Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”
from the catalogue

Start with Star Maker →

includes Star Maker, Last and First Men

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