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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america.
Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity and identity.
The Martian ChroniclesSeries
series30 books1946
completed
About space colonization, set in mars.
Start with The Million Year Picnic →
ChockySeries
series2 books1968
Mysterious in tone.
“The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967.”
from the catalogue
Start with Chocky →
Spin / HypotheticalsSeries
series3 books2005
Hard science fiction, set in other star systems.
“One night, the stars vanish behind an opaque membrane that has sealed off the Earth, and inside it time runs so much slower than the universe outside that billions of years pass beyond the barrier for every year lived on the ground.”
from the catalogue
Start with Spin →
F & SF Anniversary AnthologiesSeries
series8 books1960
Start with A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction →