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series4 books1962

completed

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism, set in near future.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
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Start with A Clockwork Orange →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

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 Invisible ManSeries

series6 books1897

Set in british isles and 19th century.

“The Invisible Man is H. G. Wells's 1897 science fiction novel about Griffin, a scientist who works out how to make living tissue invisible and tests the process on himself, only to discover he has no way to reverse it.”
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Start with Invisible in London →

The Drowned WorldNovel

J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1962

About ecological collapse and survival, set in near future and big city.

DhalgrenNovel

Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1975

Literary & general, challenging in tone, about identity, set in contemporary.

Deus IraeNovel

Philip K. Dick & Roger Zelaznystandalone novel1976

About gods and survival, set in far future.

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