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series19 books1972

completed

About aliens and space exploration, set in far future and space.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue

Start with Gateway →

The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy TaleNovel

L. Frank Baumstandalone novel1901

About deal with the devil and coming of age, set in early 20th century and north america.

“Rob Joslyn is an amateur electrical tinkerer, wiring up batteries and motors with more enthusiasm than skill, when one bungled experiment does something no wiring diagram predicted: it summons the Demon of Electricity.”
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Against a Dark BackgroundNovel

Iain M. Banksstandalone novel1993

Space opera, about heist, set in other star systems and far future.

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Set in secondary world.

“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 Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue

Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

Zero Stone / Murdoc JernSeries

series2 books1968

completed

Set in far future and space.

Start with The Zero Stone →

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