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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about aliens and faith and religion.
The Age of MiraclesNovel
Karen Thompson Walkerstandalone novel2012
Literary & general, about ecological collapse.
The ChrysalidsNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955
About genetic engineering and survival, set in secondary world and far future.
“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
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Flowers for AlgernonNovel
Daniel Keyesstandalone novel1966
Emotional in tone, about genetic engineering and identity.
“A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”
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Earth AbidesNovel
George R. Stewartstandalone novel1949
Post-apocalyptic, about survival and plague and pandemic, set in mid 20th century.
“Set in the 1940s in Berkeley, California, the story is told by Isherwood Williams, who emerges from isolation in the mountains to find almost everyone dead. en.wikipedia.org”
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Never Let Me GoNovel
Kazuo Ishigurostandalone novel2005
Dystopia, sad in tone, about cloning, set in our world.
“A film adaptation directed by Mark Romanek was released in 2010.”
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