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series4 books1966

About artificial intelligence and survival.

“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
from the catalogue

Start with Destination: Void →

Children of TimeSeries

series6 books2015

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

“The two threads collide across mismatched timescales as the ark ship's crew, cycling in and out of cryosleep, finally reach the spiders' world.”
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Start with Children of Time →

HelliconiaSeries

series4 books1982

completed

Reflective in tone, about ecological collapse.

Start with Helliconia Spring →

AuroraNovel

Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2015

About artificial intelligence and survival, set in spaceship and generation ship.

HainishSeries

series33 books1964

completed

Reflective in tone.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue

Start with Rocannon's World →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, 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 Unionside, Company Wars, The Hinder Stars, Era of Rapprochement, Chanur, Mri Wars, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration

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