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  • Cover of The Culture
    The CultureUniverse

    universe · 21 books · 1987

    Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and 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*.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Consider Phlebas →

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

  • Cover of Beyond This Horizon
    Beyond This HorizonNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1948

    Dystopia, about genetic engineering and rebellion and revolution, set in far future.

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

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Roma Eterna
    Roma EternaSeries

    series · 11 books · 1989

    Set in alternate earth.

    “Robert Silverberg's Roma Eterna imagines an alternate history in which the Roman Empire never fell and endures into the present day, tracing its long, uneven survival through a sequence of pivotal moments across two millennia.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Tales from the Venia Woods →

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  • Cover of Imperial Earth
    Imperial EarthNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1975

    About cloning and space exploration, set in far future.

    “The plot follows the protagonist, Duncan Makenzie, on a trip to Earth from his home on Titan, in large part as a diplomatic visit to the U.S. for its quincentennial in 2276, but also to have a clone of himself produced.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Sarantine Universe
    Sarantine UniverseSeries

    series · 8 books · 1995

    Historical fantasy.

    “Each novel stands alone, but together they trace centuries of the same fictional world, distinct from Kay's separate Sarantine Mosaic duology.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Sailing to Sarantium →

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