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The Great SF Series: Science Fiction on the Grand Scale

These are the epics of Science Fiction - 102 of the best series writing in the genre. Some are multi-volume sagas and/or story arcs involving recurring characters; others are stand-alone works that inhabit the same fictional universes as their companion volumes. Some of them are classics; some of them are pulp schlock that have transcended their origins. All of them are well worth reading. I have limited the list to Series by individual authors(or collaborators) specifically conceived as written fiction; there are no movie/tv tie-ins, and no continuations by other writers. I have excluded traditional fantasy; Tolkien et al deserve a list of their own ( The Zelazny and Vance are hybrids with enough SF elements to qualify; the Earthsea cycle is unique unto itself). In order to keep the list manageable, I have sometimes resorted to using a single entry to represent an entire series, while at others I've listed individual works. In the former case, partial credit counts!
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Lensman Series (E. E. "Doc" Smith)
Lensman Series (E. E. "Doc" Smith)
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When Worlds Collide (Balmer & Wylie)
When Worlds Collide (Balmer & Wylie)
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The Past Through Tomorrow (Heinlein)
The Past Through Tomorrow (Heinlein)
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Prelude to Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Prelude to Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
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Forward the Foundation
Forward the Foundation
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Foundation
Foundation
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Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire
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Second Foundation
Second Foundation
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Foundation's Edge
Foundation's Edge
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Foundation and Earth
Foundation and Earth
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The Robot Series
The Robot Series
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
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2010: Odyssey Two
2010: Odyssey Two
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2061: Odyssey Three (Arthur C. Clarke)
2061: Odyssey Three (Arthur C. Clarke)
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3001: The Final Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
3001: The Final Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
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Rama Series (Arthur C. Clarke)
Rama Series (Arthur C. Clarke)
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The Space Trilogy
The Space Trilogy
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (Miller)
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (Miller)
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Cities in Flight
Cities in Flight
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series
22
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
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Count Zero (William Gibson)
Count Zero (William Gibson)
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Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
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Virtual Light
Virtual Light
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Idoru
Idoru
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All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties
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Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
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Spook Country
Spook Country
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Zero History (William Gibson)
Zero History (William Gibson)
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Earthsea Cycle
Earthsea Cycle
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Rocannon's World (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Rocannon's World (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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Planet of Exile (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Planet of Exile (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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City of Illusions (Ursula K. Le Guin)
City of Illusions (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
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The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
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The Word for World Is Forest (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Word for World Is Forest (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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Four Ways to Forgiveness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Four Ways to Forgiveness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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The Telling (Ursula Le Guin)
The Telling (Ursula Le Guin)
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Hyperion
Hyperion
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