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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of Bring the Jubilee
    Bring the JubileeNovel

    Ward Moore · standalone novel · 1953

    Time travel and alternate history, about war, set in north america.

    “Like most Northerners, Hodge was poor - but he had ambition.”

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  • Cover of Cavor
    CavorSeries

    series · 2 books · 1901

    About space exploration, set in the moon and early 20th century.

    “H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The First Men in the Moon →

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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens, set in far future and space.

    “Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ringworld →

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    includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars

  • Cover of The Talents
    The TalentsUniverse

    universe · 18 books · 1959

    About psychic powers.

    “Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Rowan →

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    includes Tower and the Hive, Talents (Anne McCaffrey)

  • Cover of Riverworld
    RiverworldSeries

    series · 37 books · 1965

    About faith and religion, set in far future and other star systems.

    “The Riverworld is an artificial, or heavily terraformed, planet where all humans who ever lived throughout history have been resurrected.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with River of Eternity →

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