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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Funny in tone, set in space and far future.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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Start with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →

includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently

Tip and J. LoSeries

series2 books2007

Adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary and north america.

Start with The True Meaning of Smekday →

BromeliadSeries

series3 books1989

completed

Fantasy, about transported to another world, set in our world and contemporary.

“The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans.”
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Start with Truckers →

The Stainless Steel RatSeries

series21 books1957

completed

Funny and adventurous in tone, about con artists, set in far future.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
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Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

Captain UnderpantsSeries

series15 books1989

Superhero, funny in tone, set in north america and contemporary.

Start with The Really Cool Adventures of Captain Underpants →

Bill, the Galactic HeroSeries

series10 books1964

Space opera, set in far future and space.

“Harry Harrison's Bill, the Galactic Hero is a satire of militaristic science fiction, following a hapless draftee named Bill through a galactic war run by an absurd, dehumanizing military bureaucracy.”
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Start with Bill, the Galactic Hero →

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