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Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1982

Adventurous in tone, about identity and race and racism.

“Artificial humans are widely resented, and much of the story deals with Friday's struggle both against prejudice and to conceal her enhanced attributes from other humans.”
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Blood MusicNovel

Greg Bearstandalone novel1985

Hard science fiction, about nanotechnology and technological singularity, set in our world.

DarwinSeries

series2 books1999

completed

Hard science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.

“Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague.”
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Start with Darwin's Radio →

MaddAddamSeries

series3 books2003

Dystopia and post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about survival.

Start with Oryx and Crake →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

The World Jones MadeNovel

Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1956

Dystopia, dark in tone, about psychic powers and political intrigue.

“The mutant Floyd Jones, who can see into the future, plans to overthrow the system and colonise space.”
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