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Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, 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.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

Double StarNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1956

Adventurous in tone, about political intrigue, set in mars.

“Lorenzo Smythe, the excellent yet unemployed actor, meets Dak Broadbent in a bar.”
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Beyond This HorizonNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1948

Dystopia, about genetic engineering and rebellion and revolution, set in our world.

“For centuries, disease, hunger, poverty, and war have been things found only in the history tapes.”
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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →

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

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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Start with Consider Phlebas →

includes Culture

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