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series53 books1917

Science fantasy, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Princess of Mars →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

includes The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The Hobbit, The History of the Lord of the Rings

OrionSeries

series14 books1977

completed

Science fiction and time travel, adventurous in tone.

“Follow him, servant of a great race, as he battles his enemy down the halls of time, from the caves of our ancestors to the final confrontation under the hammer of nuclear annihilation.”
from the catalogue

Start with Orion →

Time PatrolSeries

series24 books1955

Set in our world.

“Poul Anderson's Time Patrol stories follow Manson Everard, recruited in 1957 into a secret organization that polices time travel, hunting down unauthorized travelers and anyone who would alter history.”
from the catalogue

Start with Time Patrol →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

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 →

includes Chanur, Mri Wars, Company Wars, Morgaine, Era of Rapprochement, Hanan Rebellion, The Hinder Stars, Age of Exploration

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic and steampunk, set in far future.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue

Start with Mortal Engines →

includes Mortal Engines Prequels, Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Anna Fang

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