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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue

Start with Foundation →

includes The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Trantorian Empire, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)

Planetfall (Emma Newman)Series

series15 books2015

Tense in tone, about space colonization, set in other star systems.

“Each of the four books shifts to a different point-of-view character connected to the colony, using personal trauma and unreliable narration as much as the science-fictional setting to drive the story.”
from the catalogue

Start with Albert and the Kraken →

Brave New WorldSeries

series8 books1932

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in otherworld.

“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
from the catalogue

Start with Brave New World →

Solar CycleSeries

series18 books1980

completed

Science fantasy.

Start with The Shadow of the Torturer →

HainishSeries

series33 books1964

completed

Set in other star systems.

“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 →

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