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GorSeries

series41 books1966

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.”
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Start with Tarnsman of Gor →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

BarsoomSeries

series53 books1917

Science fiction, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
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Start with A Princess of Mars →

MajipoorSeries

series29 books1980

Science fantasy.

“The setting is a mixture of science fiction and fantasy elements.”
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Start with Lord Valentine's Castle →

Apprentice AdeptSeries

series7 books1980

Set in parallel universe.

“Phaze is a lush planet of magic, where Proton is a barren mining planet of science.”
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Start with Split Infinity →

Dying EarthSeries

series27 books1950

Fantasy, about wizards.

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

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