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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Foundation →

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

Twilight ZoneUniverse

universe40 books1960

Science fiction, set in our world.

“Picture, if you will, an ordinary person on an ordinary afternoon: a tired salesman, a frightened child, a man who wants only to be left alone.”
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Start with Stories from the Twilight Zone →

includes Twilight Zone Collections, Twilight Zone Anthologies, The Twilight Zone Novels, Twilight Zone Scripts (Rod Serling), Twilight Zone Scripts (Richard Matheson), Twilight Zone Doubles

VALISSeries

series4 books1981

completed

Challenging and reflective in tone, about faith and religion.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
from the catalogue

Start with VALIS →

KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

PatternistSeries

series6 books1976

completed

Dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

“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 →

The Dreaming JewelsNovel

Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1950

Emotional in tone, about genetic engineering.

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