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Pathfinder TrilogySeries
series3 books2010
Science fiction and time travel, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.
“One significant aspect of the Pathfinder series is its uniquely complex but well documented set of time travel rules.”
from the catalogue
Start with Pathfinder →
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
Inverted WorldNovel
Christopher Prieststandalone novel1974
Challenging in tone, about survival.
“A city travels slowly along tracks laid by the residents ahead of the city and pulled up from behind the city, through territory where other people live.”
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CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Epic fantasy.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Final Empire →
includes Warbreaker, Canticle, Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Komashi, Lumar, First of the Sun
Ill Met in the ArenaNovel
Dave Duncanstandalone novel2008
About quests and family secrets.
“When a young man is bested in a gladiatorial contest by an older Quirt, he insists on finding out where Quirt came from--a quest that will lead him into a familial scandal generations deep.”
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The Broken EarthSeries
series5 books2014
Dark in tone, about ecological collapse and survival.
“N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy is set on the Stillness, a single supercontinent wracked every few centuries by civilization-ending climate catastrophes called Fifth Seasons.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fifth Season →