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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

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

series11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
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Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

HainishSeries

series33 books1964

completed

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

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

Last MenUniverse

universe21 books1930

Challenging in tone.

“Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”
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Start with Star Maker →

includes Star Maker, Last and First Men

XeeleeSeries

series89 books1987

Hard science fiction.

“The Xeelee are described as symbiotic entities composed of spacetime defects, Bose–Einstein condensates, and baryonic matter.”
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Start with Raft →

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