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  • Cover of The Wanderer
    The WandererNovel

    Fritz Leiber · standalone novel · 1964

    Tense in tone, about survival, set in our world and space.

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  • Cover of Footfall
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    Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle · standalone novel · 1985

    Alien invasion, tense in tone, about survival, set in our world.

    “When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”

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  • Cover of Contact
    ContactNovel

    Carl Sagan · standalone novel · 1985

    Reflective in tone, about space exploration and faith and religion, set in our world.

    “The Message, awaited for so long, its very possibility doubted by so many, arrives.”

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  • Cover of After Such Knowledge
    After Such KnowledgeSeries

    series · 7 books · 1953

    completed

    “After Such Knowledge is James Blish's loosely linked trilogy on the costs of forbidden or dangerous knowledge.”

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  • Cover of The Visitors
    The VisitorsNovel

    Clifford D. Simak · standalone novel · 1980

    Mysterious in tone, about survival, set in our world and north america.

    “WorldCat: Intelligent, alien creatures arrive on Earth from outer space, threatening world stability and presaging the destruction of civilization.”

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  • Cover of Stranger in a Strange Land
    Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    About faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america and near future.

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