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  • Cover of Whoniverse
    WhoniverseUniverse

    universe · 2034 books · 1964

    Science fiction.

    “Somewhere a blue police box that has no business existing folds a whole world in behind one door, and an old traveller wearing a brand-new face steps out onto a beach, a battlefield, the last warm afternoon of a dying sun.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Timewyrm: Genesys →

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    includes Doctor Who BBC Past Doctors, Doctor Who New Series, Doctor Who BBC 8th Doctor, Doctor Who Missing Adventures, Doctor Who Target novelizations, Doctor Who New Adventures, Lethbridge-Stewart, Doctor Who Annuals / Yearbooks

  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    Set in far future and other star systems.

    “Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ringworld →

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    includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars

  • 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 →

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

  • Cover of Science Fiction Megapack
    Science Fiction MegapackSeries

    series · 37 books · 1938

    Science fiction.

    Start with The Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Science Fiction Stories by Masters →

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  • Cover of CoDominium
    CoDominiumUniverse

    universe · 98 books · 1971

    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 →

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