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Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens and identity.
AntarcticaNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel1997
Set in arctic & antarctica.
The Drowned WorldNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1962
Post-apocalyptic, about survival and madness, set in big city.
The Light of Other DaysNovel
Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxterstandalone novel2000
Time travel, challenging and tense in tone, about surveillance.
“An industrialist devises a technique to use tiny wormholes as light pipes to enable viewing of any event anywhere; and subsequently it becomes possible to use them to view any event in the past as well.”
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The Lathe of HeavenNovel
Ursula K. Le Guinstandalone novel1971
Dystopia, tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in big city.
Generation ANovel
Douglas Couplandstandalone novel2009
“In the near future bees are extinct — until one autumn when five people are stung in different places around the world.”
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