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Jack of ShadowsSeries
series4 books1971
Fantasy, about reincarnation.
Start with Jack of Shadows →
City of BonesNovel
Martha Wellsstandalone novel1995
Fantasy, about ecological collapse, set in desert and big city.
“Sand ship now traverse the routes once used by the great war galleons, and a glittering chain of city-states dot the Great Waste.”
from the catalogue
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 Morgaine, Chanur, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Age of Exploration, Unionside, Company Wars
Green Star RisesSeries
series5 books1972
completed
Fantasy and sword and sorcery.
“Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic.”
from the catalogue
Start with Under the Green Star →
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy.
“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 Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings
Earth's EndSeries
series24 books1968
Science fantasy, set in secondary world.
Start with The Broken Lands →