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  • Cover of His Dark Materials Universe
    His Dark MaterialsUniverse

    universe · 13 books · 1995

    Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

    “In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Northern Lights →

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    includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    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 →

    similar byscience fiction+1 more

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

  • Cover of Stranger in a Strange Land
    Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    About aliens and faith and religion, set in north america and near future.

    similar byidentityscience fictionreflectiveour world

  • Cover of Kairos
    KairosSeries

    series · 11 books · 1962

    completed

    Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

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  • Cover of VALIS
    VALISSeries

    series · 4 books · 1981

    completed

    Challenging in tone, about faith and religion.

    “The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with VALIS →

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  • Cover of Childhood's End
    Childhood's EndNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

    First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens, set in near future.

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