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  • Cover of Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
    Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of SandNovel

    Samuel R. Delany · standalone novel · 1984

    About identity.

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  • Cover of Xeelee
    XeeleeSeries

    series · 89 books · 1987

    Set in space.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Raft →

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  • Cover of A Meeting with Medusa
    A Meeting with MedusaSeries

    series · 2 books · 1971

    About immortality, set in space and outer planets & moons.

    “Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Meeting with Medusa →

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  • Cover of Last Men Universe
    Last MenUniverse

    universe · 21 books · 1930

    Science fiction, challenging and reflective in tone, set in far future.

    “Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Star Maker →

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    includes Star Maker, Last and First Men

  • Cover of Incandescence
    IncandescenceNovel

    Greg Egan · standalone novel · 2008

    Mysterious in tone, set in other star systems.

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  • Cover of Dichronauts
    DichronautsNovel

    Greg Egan · standalone novel · 2017

    About survival, set in other star systems.

    “Hence a symbiosis of two life forms is necessary, so that they can even see in all directions.”

    from the catalogue

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