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HainishSeries
series33 books1964
completed
Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
“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 →
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, First Formic War, Ender's Shadow, Second Formic War, Fleet School
The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About immortality.
Memoirs of a SpacewomanNovel
Naomi Mitchisonstandalone novel1962
Learning the WorldNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005
First contact and space opera, about space colonization.
“On the fringes, less modified humans get on with the job of settling a universe that has, so far, been empty of intelligent life.”
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Against the Fall of NightSeries
series2 books1953
Science fiction, reflective in tone, about space exploration, set in far future and other star systems.
“Against the Fall of Night is Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 novel of a stagnant, climate-controlled city called Diaspar a billion years in Earth's future, where a young man named Alvin becomes the first in living memory to want to leave it.”
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Start with Against the Fall of Night →