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The Android's DreamSeries
series2 books2006
Space opera, about artificial intelligence and genetic engineering.
“John Scalzi's The Android's Dream follows ex-soldier Harry Creek as the hunt for a replacement leads him to Robin Baker, an ordinary woman carrying hidden sheep DNA that makes her the key to avoiding a war.”
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Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity and identity.
Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america.
TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution.
“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Project Hail MaryNovel
Andy Weirstandalone novel2021
Hard science fiction and first contact, about space exploration.
The Star BeastNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1954
First contact, about coming of age, set in north america.
“A talking alien pet has grown to the size of a small dinosaur.”
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