Are there any sci-fi book series like this?

[Deelighted]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by Gandalara
The first - Island in the Sea of Time - sets up how everything got the way it got. :-)

Uh-oh... that sounds like I would miss some important/interesting stuff,so guess those better go on my TBR too,and I'll examine the others too.