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universe163 books1923

Fantasy, 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

Dying EarthSeries

series27 books1950

Fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Dying Earth →

Warlock in Spite of HimselfSeries

series27 books1969

completed

Science fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with Escape Velocity →

Apprentice AdeptSeries

series7 books1980

Set in parallel universe and far future.

“Phaze is a lush planet of magic, where Proton is a barren mining planet of science.”
from the catalogue

Start with Split Infinity →

Witch WorldUniverse

universe106 books1963

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Step through the Siege Perilous — the standing stone that answers only the hunted, those with nowhere left to run — and the fugitive is delivered not into death but into another world entirely.”
from the catalogue

Start with Witch World →

includes High Hallack, Estcarp, Witch World Stories, Witch World Secrets, Witch World Chronicles, Witch World: The Turning

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

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