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ArmorNovel
John Steakleystandalone novel1984
Military science fiction, about madness and war.
The Demolished ManNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1953
About psychic powers, set in our world.
“In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen.”
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The City in the Middle of the NightNovel
Charlie Jane Andersstandalone novel2019
Dystopia, about ecological collapse and survival.
“The main story focuses on two characters whose actions take them outside of the cities.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, about political intrigue and survival.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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Forge of GodSeries
series2 books1987
completed
About survival.
“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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Red Planet BluesNovel
Robert J. Sawyerstandalone novel2013
Noir, about mind uploading, set in mars.
“Alex Lomax is the one and only private eye working the mean streets of New Klondike, the Martian frontier town that sprang up forty years ago after Simon Weingarten and Denny O'Reilly discovered fossils on the Red Planet.”
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