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  • Cover of Last Men Universe
    Last MenUniverse

    universe · 21 books · 1930

    Science fiction, challenging and reflective in tone, set in far future.

    “Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Star Maker →

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    includes Star Maker, Last and First Men

  • Cover of Hainish
    HainishSeries

    series · 33 books · 1964

    completed

    Set in other star systems.

    “The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Rocannon's World →

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  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots.

    “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 →

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

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    Neverness UniverseSeries

    series · 6 books · 1985

    Space opera, set in space and other star systems.

    Start with Shanidar →

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  • Cover of Xeelee
    XeeleeSeries

    series · 89 books · 1987

    Hard science fiction, about aliens, set in space.

    “The Xeelee are described as symbiotic entities composed of spacetime defects, Bose–Einstein condensates, and baryonic matter.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Raft →

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  • Cover of Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
    Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of SandNovel

    Samuel R. Delany · standalone novel · 1984

    About aliens and identity.

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