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  • Cover of The Door Into Summer
    The Door Into SummerNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1957

    Time travel, about revenge, set in north america.

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  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    Set in far future.

    “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 →

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    includes The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, Trantorian Empire, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories)

  • Cover of Blade Runner Universe
    Blade Runner UniverseSeries

    series · 6 books · 1968

    Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about identity.

    “Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”

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    Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

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  • Cover of Ministry of Alchemy
    Ministry of AlchemySeries

    series · 5 books · 2016

    Historical fantasy and fantasy, mysterious in tone, set in middle east.

    Start with A Dead Djinn in Cairo →

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  • Cover of The Android's Dream
    The Android's DreamSeries

    series · 2 books · 2006

    Space opera and humor, about artificial intelligence and aliens.

    “John Scalzi's The Android's Dream follows ex-soldier Harry Creek as the hunt for a replacement leads him to Robin Baker, an ordinary woman carrying hidden sheep DNA that makes her the key to avoiding a war.”

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    Start with The Android's Dream →

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  • Cover of Lock In
    Lock InSeries

    series · 3 books · 2014

    Police procedural, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in north america.

    “John Scalzi's series follows a rookie FBI agent investigating crimes that exploit this new class of disability and technology, across the novels Lock In and Head On plus the interstitial oral history Unlocked.”

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    Start with Lock In →

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