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The Gods ThemselvesNovel

Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1972

Hard science fiction, set in far future and parallel universe.

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift, set in far future and other star systems.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sundiver →

includes Uplift, Uplift Storm

The Dosadi ExperimentNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems and far future.

“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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PatternistSeries

series6 books1976

completed

Dark in tone.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
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Start with Wild Seed →

The Dreaming JewelsNovel

Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1950

Emotional in tone, about identity, set in our world and contemporary.

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in other star systems and far future.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

includes Moties, War World, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen

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