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Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
Cyberpunk, about robots, set in near future and big city.
“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
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This Perfect DayNovel
Ira Levinstandalone novel1970
Dystopia, about totalitarianism and rebellion and revolution, set in far future.
“Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”
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Dark MatterNovel
Blake Crouchstandalone novel2016
Thriller & suspense, set in parallel universe and contemporary.
“Jason Dessen, college physics professor, husband and father, is kidnapped and taken to a parallel universe where his counterpart had dedicated his life to inventing a method of traveling between an infinity of parallel universes.”
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The HostNovel
Stephenie Meyerstandalone novel2008
Emotional in tone, about aliens and body swap, set in near future.
“The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.”
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CloneNovel
Richard Cowperstandalone novel1972
Dystopia, about cloning and psychic powers, set in near future.
Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in near future.