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PastwatchSeries
series2 books1996
Science fiction and time travel, reflective in tone, about colonialism, set in renaissance and early modern and europe.
“Much of the action deals with a group of scientists from the future who travel back to the 15th century in order to change the pattern of European contact with the Americas.”
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Start with The Redemption of Christopher Columbus →
The Years of Rice and SaltNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2002
Historical fiction, about reincarnation and plague and pandemic, set in our world.
“What if the Black Death had killed nearly everyone in Europe instead of a third of it?”
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Galileo's DreamNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2009
Historical fiction, challenging in tone, set in outer planets & moons and mediterranean.
“In the book, 17th-century scientist Galileo Galilei is visited by far-future time travelers living on the Galilean moons of Jupiter.”
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This ImmortalSeries
series2 books1966
Post-apocalyptic, about immortality, set in our world and far future.
Start with This Immortal →
Downward to the EarthNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
About aliens and redemption, set in other star systems and far future.
“On his return, he feels a new sense of kinship with the natives, perhaps more than for the Terran tourists.”
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The Languages of PaoNovel
Jack Vancestandalone novel1958
About political intrigue and rebellion and revolution, set in other star systems and far future.
“In the novel, the placid people from the planet Pao rely on other planets for technological innovations and manufactured goods and they do not resist when an invading force occupies the land and levies heavy taxes.”
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