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series3 books2011

Adventurous in tone, about virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
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Start with Ready Player One →

Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in north america.

Rocket Ship GalileoNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1947

Adventurous in tone, about space exploration and coming of age, set in the moon.

“Three teenage boys do backyard experiments on powerful model rockets.”
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Z for ZachariahNovel

Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975

Post-apocalyptic, about survival and coming of age.

“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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TripodsSeries

series4 books1967

completed

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

Childhood's EndNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953

First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens and technological singularity.

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