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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Humor, funny in tone, set in space and far future.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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Start with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →

includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently

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.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

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.”
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Start with Foundation →

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

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

series11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
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Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

WhoniverseUniverse

universe2034 books1964

Science fiction.

“Somewhere a blue police box that has no business existing folds a whole world in behind one door, and an old traveller wearing a brand-new face steps out onto a beach, a battlefield, the last warm afternoon of a dying sun.”
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Start with Timewyrm: Genesys →

includes Doctor Who Target novelizations, Doctor Who New Series, Doctor Who BBC Past Doctors, Lethbridge-Stewart, Doctor Who Missing Adventures, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Doctor Who BBC 8th Doctor, Doctor Who: The Scripts

FootfallNovel

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985

Alien invasion and first contact, tense in tone, about survival.

“When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”
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