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universe27 books1986

Space opera.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
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Start with Shards of Honor →

includes Cordelia Vorkosigan, Miles Vorkosigan, Quaddies

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Fleet School, Second Formic War

Citizen of the GalaxyNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about slavery, set in space.

“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
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HainishSeries

series33 books1964

completed

Reflective in tone.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

Flowers for AlgernonNovel

Daniel Keyesstandalone novel1966

About genetic engineering, set in north america and contemporary.

“A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”
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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, The Positronic Robot Stories, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)

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