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  • Cover of Alliance-Union Universe
    Alliance-UnionUniverse

    universe · 173 books · 1976

    Science fiction, 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Heavy Time →

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    includes Company Wars, Chanur, Mri Wars, Unionside, Era of Rapprochement, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration, Morgaine

  • Cover of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus universe
    Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus universeSeries

    series · 14 books · 1933

    Set in venus & inner planets.

    Start with Pirates of Venus →

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  • Cover of The Obernewtyn Chronicles
    The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

    series · 9 books · 1987

    About psychic powers.

    “Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Obernewtyn →

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  • Cover of Apprentice Adept
    Apprentice AdeptSeries

    series · 7 books · 1980

    Set in parallel universe.

    “Phaze is a lush planet of magic, where Proton is a barren mining planet of science.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Split Infinity →

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  • Cover of Moorcock's Multiverse
    Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

    universe · 102 books · 1961

    Set in secondary world.

    “The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Elric of Melniboné →

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    includes Eternal Champion, Hawkmoon, Corum, The Elric Saga, Oswald Bastable, Warrior of Mars

  • Cover of Tripods
    TripodsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1967

    completed

    About aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in our world.

    “The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with When the Tripods Came →

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