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series2 books1951

completed

Dystopia, about books and reading and totalitarianism, set in north america.

“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
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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.

The Martian ChroniclesSeries

series30 books1946

completed

Reflective in tone, about space colonization, set in mars.

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Childhood's EndNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953

First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens, set in our world.

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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A Clockwork OrangeSeries

series4 books1962

completed

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism, set in our world.

“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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