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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 →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →

includes The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, The Positronic Robot Stories, Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)

The Lathe of HeavenNovel

Ursula K. Le Guinstandalone novel1971

Eerie in tone, about psychic powers, set in near future and big city.

Radio Free AlbemuthNovel

Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1986

Dystopia, about faith and religion and surveillance, set in late 20th century.

“Originally titled VALISystem A, it was his first attempt to deal in fiction with his experiences of early 1974.”
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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

Space MerchantsSeries

series2 books1953

completed

Dystopia, dark in tone, about class conflict, set in near future.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
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Start with The Space Merchants →

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