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  • Cover of VALIS
    VALISSeries

    series · 4 books · 1981

    completed

    Science fiction, about faith and religion.

    “The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”

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  • Cover of Crash
    CrashNovel

    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1973

    Dark in tone, about madness and addiction, set in big city.

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  • Cover of Concrete Island
    Concrete IslandNovel

    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1974

    About survival and loneliness, set in europe and big city.

    “Architect Robert Maitland crashes his car onto a stretch of wasteland trapped between three converging motorways -- visible from thousands of cars, reachable by none of them.”

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  • Cover of Whileaway
    WhileawaySeries

    series · 4 books · 1972

    completed

    Science fiction, about gender and society.

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  • Cover of The Satanic Verses
    The Satanic VersesNovel

    Salman Rushdie · standalone novel · 1988

    Magical realism, about faith and religion and immigration and exile, set in british isles.

    “As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters.”

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  • Cover of Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
    Briefing for a Descent Into HellNovel

    Doris Lessing · standalone novel · 1971

    About madness.

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