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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 →

The City and the StarsNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956

About immortality.

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, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Fleet School, Second Formic War

Learning the WorldNovel

Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005

Hard science fiction, about space colonization, set in spaceship.

“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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Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

series16 books1983

Science fiction, about space exploration and aliens, set in far future and space.

“Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”
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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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