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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about faith and religion, set in north america and near future.
Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, bittersweet in tone, set in our world and near future.
Venus Plus XNovel
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1960
About gender and society, set in otherworld.
“Charlie Johns wakes in a featureless silver room with no memory of how he got there and a watch that's inexplicably running backward.”
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AnathemNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel2008
About faith and religion, set in secondary world.
Those Who WatchNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1967
First contact, about survival, set in north america.
“Each of the aliens is injured during the accident, and all are taken in and nursed back to health by kindly human beings.”
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A Meeting with MedusaSeries
series2 books1971
About space exploration and immortality, set in far future and outer planets & moons.
“Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”
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