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Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Francis SandowSeries

series5 books1968

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

Start with Dismal Light →

Stations of the TideNovel

Michael Swanwickstandalone novel1991

Mysterious in tone.

Up the Walls of the WorldNovel

James Tiptree & Jr.standalone novel1978

First contact, about aliens and psychic powers, set in space.

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.”
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Start with Heavy Time →

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

The Einstein IntersectionNovel

Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1967

Challenging in tone.

“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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