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universe123 books1940

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

Last MenUniverse

universe21 books1930

Challenging and reflective in tone, set in far future.

“Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”
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Start with Star Maker →

includes Star Maker, Last and First Men

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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Start with Consider Phlebas →

includes Culture

Whipping StarNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1970

Space opera and first contact, about aliens, set in far future.

“From Amazon: In the far future, humankind has made contact with numerous other species: Gowachin, Laclac, Wreaves, Pan Spechi, Taprisiots, and Caleban, and has helped to form the ConSentiency to govern among the species.”
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Null-ASeries

series4 books1948

About psychic powers.

“The World of Null-A and The Pawns of Null-A form the classic 1940s-50s core, with Null-A Three added decades later; John C. Wright's Null-A Continuum closes out the storyline after van Vogt's death.”
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Start with The World of Null-A →

CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Space opera, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
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Start with The Dreaming Void →

includes Void Trilogy, Commonwealth Saga, Chronicle of the Fallers

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