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SlanSeries

series2 books1946

Science fiction, set in our world.

“The two novels together bracket a single continuing narrative rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue

universe39 books1977

Set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender's Shadow, Ender Wiggin, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue

Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

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 →

includes The War of the Worlds

PatternistSeries

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 →

Ship BreakerSeries

series3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, set in north america and near future.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ship Breaker →

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