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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 Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Positronic Robot Stories, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories)
TeixcalaanSeries
series2 books2019
Reflective and tense in tone.
“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
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Start with A Memory Called Empire →
EmbassytownNovel
China Miévillestandalone novel2011
First contact, challenging in tone, about aliens and space colonization.
“In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak.”
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The AvatarNovel
Poul Andersonstandalone novel1978
Adventurous in tone, about aliens and space exploration.
“With the aid of the political opposition, they escape and journey through the portal in search of knowledge, and perhaps even to meet those who created the portal system.”
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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
About aliens and space exploration.
“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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Start with Gateway →