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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

About aliens and faith and religion, set in north america and near future.

WhileawaySeries

series4 books1972

completed

Challenging and reflective in tone, set in contemporary.

Start with When It Changed →

FlatlandSeries

series2 books1884

Set in otherworld.

“Ian Stewart's 2001 Flatterland follows a descendant of that narrator on a tour of stranger geometries, from curved and multidimensional space to relativity, as a knowing homage to Abbott's original.”
from the catalogue

Start with Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in north america and near future.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue

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HainishSeries

series33 books1964

completed

Reflective in tone, set in far future and 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 →

The DisappearanceNovel

Philip Wyliestandalone novel1951

Challenging in tone, about totalitarianism, set in our world and mid 20th century.

“A speculative novel years ahead of the feminist movement it anticipates.”
from the catalogue

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