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  • Cover of The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
    The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

    series · 11 books · 1995

    Set in secondary world.

    Start with Sabriel →

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  • Cover of Shannara
    ShannaraUniverse

    universe · 50 books · 1977

    Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Imaginary Friends →

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    includes Word and the Void, The Genesis of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara, The First Druids of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara

  • Cover of Sprawl Trilogy
    Sprawl TrilogySeries

    series · 10 books · 1981

    About artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

    “Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Neuromancer →

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  • Cover of Grishaverse
    GrishaverseUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 2012

    Set in secondary world.

    “Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Six of Crows →

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    includes The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows, The Grisha

  • Cover of Shadowrun
    ShadowrunSeries

    series · 147 books · 1990

    Cyberpunk, set in big city and near future.

    “Shadowrun's tie-in fiction line spins stories out of the tabletop RPG's setting: a near-future world where corporate cyberpunk has collided with the sudden return of magic, dragons, elves, and other fantasy races.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Never Deal with a Dragon →

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  • Cover of Blade Runner Universe
    Blade Runner UniverseSeries

    series · 6 books · 1968

    About robots and identity.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

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