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series6 books1976

completed

Dark in tone.

“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

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

Beyond This HorizonNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1948

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future and north america.

“For centuries, disease, hunger, poverty, and war have been things found only in the history tapes.”
from the catalogue

FoundationUniverse

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Foundation →

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

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 →

Richard ForthrastSeries

series2 books2011

About virtual reality, set in north america and virtual world.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue

Start with Reamde →

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