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series8 books1932

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in far future and otherworld.

“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
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Start with Brave New World →

Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

About aliens and faith and religion, set in north america and near future.

Babel-17Novel

Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1966

About aliens, set in space and far future.

“Through Rydra's effort to understand and revise it, the novel explores communication, perception, identity, and translation.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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Start with Heavy Time →

includes Unionside, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration, Hanan Rebellion, Mri Wars, Company Wars, Chanur, The Hinder Stars

The Light of Other DaysNovel

Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxterstandalone novel2000

About surveillance and technological singularity, set in our world and near future.

“An industrialist devises a technique to use tiny wormholes as light pipes to enable viewing of any event anywhere; and subsequently it becomes possible to use them to view any event in the past as well.”
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Xenogenesis / Lilith's BroodSeries

series4 books1987

completed

First contact, about aliens, set in far future.

“aliens reproducing with humans. they are mixing genes with humans because humans have destroyed earth basically because nuclear war. because they are stupid. credit to katsoda26”
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Start with Dawn →

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