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  • Cover of The Gods Themselves
    The Gods ThemselvesNovel

    Isaac Asimov · standalone novel · 1972

    Hard science fiction, about aliens, set in parallel universe and other star systems.

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  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

    “The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”

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    Start with Dune →

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    includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

  • Cover of The Einstein Intersection
    The Einstein IntersectionNovel

    Samuel R. Delany · standalone novel · 1967

    Eerie in tone, about identity.

    “The title is a reference to Einstein's Theory of Relativity connecting to Kurt Gödel's Constructible universe, which is an analogy to science meeting philosophy.”

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  • Cover of Last Men Universe
    Last MenUniverse

    universe · 21 books · 1930

    Reflective in tone.

    “Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Star Maker →

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    includes Star Maker, Last and First Men

  • Cover of Riddley Walker
    Riddley WalkerNovel

    Russell Hoban · standalone novel · 1980

    Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, set in our world.

    “WorldCat: Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road.”

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  • Cover of Past Master
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    R. A. Lafferty · standalone novel · 1968

    Time travel, about faith and religion and political intrigue, set in our world.

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