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universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue

Start with Foundation →

includes Trantorian Empire, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories)

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, Second Formic War, Fleet School

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue

Start with Consider Phlebas →

includes Culture

VorkosiganUniverse

universe27 books1986

Space opera, set in other star systems.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
from the catalogue

Start with Shards of Honor →

includes Miles Vorkosigan, Cordelia Vorkosigan, Quaddies

The Trade Pact UniverseSeries

series26 books1997

About aliens, set in other star systems.

Start with A Thousand Words for Stranger →

The Golden OecumeneSeries

series3 books2002

Space opera, challenging in tone, about artificial intelligence.

“Within the frame of a traditional tale - the one rebel who is unhappy in utopia - Wright spins an elaborate plot web filled with suspense and passion.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Golden Age →

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