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Shadrach in the FurnaceNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1976
About identity.
Stand on ZanzibarNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1968
Challenging in tone, about genetic engineering, set in big city.
A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Challenging in tone, set in big city and british isles.
“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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Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series
series3 books1966
completed
About artificial intelligence.
“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
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Shade's Children milieuSeries
series2 books1997
Post-apocalyptic, about survival and coming of age.
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Uglies UniverseSeries
series9 books2005
Science fiction and dystopia, set in near future.
“Tally Youngblood, the original tetralogy's protagonist, initially awaits her own operation before learning it also surgically dulls independent thought, driving her toward the hidden resistance community called the Smoke.”
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