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Juliette / Shatter MeSeries
series16 books2011
Science fiction and dystopia, set in near future.
“Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series follows Juliette, a teenager whose touch is lethally dangerous, in a dystopian future.”
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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in north america.
Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries
series9 books1962
completed
Science fiction, 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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Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens and technological singularity.
The Zap GunNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1967
Satire, dark in tone, about war, set in north america.
The Mind CageNovel
A. E. van Vogtstandalone novel1957
About totalitarianism.