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Venus Plus XNovel
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1960
Challenging in tone, about gender and society, set in otherworld.
“Charlie Johns wakes in a featureless silver room with no memory of how he got there and a watch that's inexplicably running backward.”
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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.
Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens, set in near future.
Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and DiscordNovel
Olaf Stapledonstandalone novel1944
Sad in tone, about uplift and loneliness.
“A sense of existential questioning suffuses the book, as the author delves into aspects of Sirius's psyche.”
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We Can Build YouNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1972
Set in near future and north america.
“Written in 1962 as The First in Our Family, it remained unpublished until appearing in serial form as A. Lincoln, Simulacrum in the November 1969 and January 1970 issues of Amazing Stories magazine, re-titled by editor Ted White.”
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The Man Who Fell to EarthNovel
Walter Tevisstandalone novel1963
Sad in tone, about aliens and loneliness, set in north america.