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BarsoomSeries
series53 books1917
Science fantasy, adventurous in tone.
“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Princess of Mars →
The Martian ChroniclesSeries
series30 books1946
completed
Reflective in tone, about space colonization, set in near future.
Start with The Million Year Picnic →
Double StarNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1956
Adventurous in tone, about political intrigue and identity.
“Lorenzo Smythe, the excellent yet unemployed actor, meets Dak Broadbent in a bar.”
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The Sirens of TitanNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1959
Space opera, funny in tone, set in space.
CommonwealthUniverse
universe12 books2002
Space opera.
“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Dreaming Void →
includes Commonwealth Saga, Void Trilogy, Chronicle of the Fallers
The Gods ThemselvesNovel
Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1972
Hard science fiction, challenging in tone, set in parallel universe and other star systems.