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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Humor, funny in tone.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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Start with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →

includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Adventurous in tone, about aliens.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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Start with For Love of Mother-Not →

includes Pip & Flinx, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth

Last MenUniverse

universe21 books1930

Challenging and reflective in tone.

“Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”
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Start with Star Maker →

includes Star Maker, Last and First Men

RiverworldSeries

series37 books1965

About faith and religion.

“The Riverworld is an artificial, or heavily terraformed, planet where all humans who ever lived throughout history have been resurrected.”
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Start with River of Eternity →

Creatures of Light and DarknessNovel

Roger Zelaznystandalone novel1969

Science fantasy and fantasy, dark and eerie in tone.

“Some humans have god-like powers or perhaps are actually gods—the names and aspects of various Egyptian gods are used.”
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Francis SandowSeries

series5 books1968

Science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

Start with Dismal Light →

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