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12 books with a reading profile close to Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov. Outward-looking; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Foundation and Empire

    Foundation and Empire

    by Isaac Asimov

    Also outward-looking · philosophy, science fiction

    In the second installment of the Foundation series, Hari Seldon’s mathematical predictions face two distinct threats.

  2. 2 The Island of Dr. Moreau

    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    by H. G. Wells

    philosophy, science fiction

    After surviving a shipwreck, Edward Prendick is rescued and taken to a remote volcanic island inhabited by the vivisector Dr.

  3. 3 Foundation

    Foundation

    by Isaac Asimov

    Also outward-looking · philosophy, science fiction

    The Galactic Empire has ruled millions of worlds for twelve thousand years, but its internal systems are rotting.

  4. 4 The World Set Free

    The World Set Free

    by H.G. Wells

    Also outward-looking · philosophy, science fiction

    Written in 1914, this narrative predicts the discovery of artificial radioactivity and the invention of continuous atomic explosions.

  5. 5 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

    Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

    by Edwin A. Abbott

    Also outward-looking · philosophy, science fiction

    A Square, a mathematician and resident of a two-dimensional world, narrates his discovery of higher spatial realities.

  6. 6 The Time Machine

    The Time Machine

    by H.G. Wells

    Also outward-looking · philosophy, science fiction

    In 1895 London, an unnamed Victorian inventor constructs a crystalline vehicle capable of traversing the fourth dimension.

  7. 7 Rocannon’s World

    Rocannon’s World

    by Ursula K. Le Guin

    science fiction, classic literature

    Rocannon, an ethnologist for the League of All Worlds, becomes stranded on a primitive planet when a rebel faction destroys his survey ship.

  8. 8 Anthem

    Anthem

    by Ayn Rand

    philosophy, science fiction

    Equality 7-2521 lives in a primitive future where the word "I" is forbidden.

  9. 9 Earth Abides

    Earth Abides

    by George R. Stewart

    science fiction, classic literature

    Isherwood Williams emerges from the California mountains to find a swift-moving plague has decimated the human population.

  10. 10 Stranger in a Strange Land

    Stranger in a Strange Land

    by Robert A. Heinlein

    philosophy, science fiction

    Valentine Michael Smith is a human born on Mars and raised by its ancient, non-human inhabitants.

  11. 11 Fahrenheit 451

    Fahrenheit 451

    by Ray Bradbury

    philosophy, science fiction

    Guy Montag is a fireman in a future society where the government mandates the destruction of all printed literature.

  12. 12 Cat’s Cradle

    Cat’s Cradle

    by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

    philosophy, science fiction

    John, a narrator seeking to document what prominent Americans did on the day Hiroshima was bombed, travels to the impoverished Caribbean island of San Lorenzo.

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