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William Gibson & Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1990

Science fiction and alternate history, set in british isles and alternate earth.

“The computer age arrives a century early with Babbage's perfection of his 'analytical engine'.”
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series3 books2009

Alternate history, about genetic engineering, set in early 20th century.

“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
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Start with Leviathan →

The Cinder SpiresSeries

series3 books2015

Set in secondary world.

“Continuing with Warriorborn and The Olympian Affair, it marks a departure in setting from Butcher's contemporary-fantasy Dresden Files while keeping his fast-paced adventure style.”
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Start with The Aeronaut's Windlass →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →

includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Warbreaker, Cosmere non-canon, Canticle, Threnody, First of the Sun

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

Science fiction, about robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →

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

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