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The Man in the MazeNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
About psychic powers and loneliness.
Downward to the EarthNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
About redemption and colonialism.
“On his return, he feels a new sense of kinship with the natives, perhaps more than for the Terran tourists.”
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TeixcalaanSeries
series2 books2019
Space opera, tense in tone, about political intrigue.
“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
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A Time of ChangesNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1971
About faith and religion.
Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about faith and religion, set in north america and near future.
Shakespeare's PlanetNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1976
First contact, mysterious in tone, about robots.
“Woken after a thousand-year voyage meant to find humanity a new home, Carter Horton finds his ship stranded for good, tended by the disembodied minds of three volunteers who gave up their bodies to fly it.”
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