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  • Cover of The Zap Gun
    The Zap GunNovel

    Philip K. Dick · standalone novel · 1967

    About war, set in near future and north america.

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  • Cover of Space Merchants
    Space MerchantsSeries

    series · 2 books · 1953

    completed

    Dystopia, about class conflict, set in near future and venus & inner planets.

    “Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Space Merchants →

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  • Cover of When the Sleeper Wakes
    When the Sleeper WakesNovel

    H. G. Wells · standalone novel · 1899

    Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in far future.

    “Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”

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  • Cover of Shadrach in the Furnace
    Shadrach in the FurnaceNovel

    Robert Silverberg · standalone novel · 1976

    Dystopia, about identity and totalitarianism, set in near future.

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  • Cover of Blade Runner Universe
    Blade Runner UniverseSeries

    series · 6 books · 1968

    Cyberpunk, about robots and identity, set in near future.

    “Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”

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  • Cover of Lord of the Flies
    Lord of the FliesNovel

    William Golding · standalone novel · 1954

    Literary & general, about survival, set in islands and mid 20th century.

    “The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that lead to a descent into savagery.”

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