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JumperSeries
series6 books1992
Adventurous in tone, about psychic powers.
“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue
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WWW TrilogySeries
series3 books2009
About artificial intelligence.
Start with Wake →
Quantum LogicSeries
series7 books1990
completed
Set in near future.
Start with Queen of Angels →
The 5th WaveSeries
series4 books2013
Alien invasion and post-apocalyptic, about aliens and survival.
“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue
Start with The 5th Wave →
PatternistSeries
series6 books1976
completed
Dark in tone, about genetic engineering.
“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue
Start with Wild Seed →
KairosSeries
series11 books1962
completed
Science fiction.
Start with A Wrinkle in Time →