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  • Cover of Childhood's End
    Childhood's EndNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

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

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  • Cover of The Speed of Dark
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    Elizabeth Moon · standalone novel · 2002

    Emotional in tone, about genetic engineering and identity.

    “From the Penguin Random House website In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past.”

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  • Cover of A Song for a New Day
    A Song for a New DaySeries

    series · 4 books · 2015

    Science fiction, about music, set in near future and north america.

    “In a near future of decaying infrastructure, isolation and widespread fear, Luce Silva is perpetually on tour with her punk band in an aging van.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Our Lady of the Open Road →

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  • Cover of Station Eleven
    Station ElevenNovel

    Emily St. John Mandel · standalone novel · 2014

    Post-apocalyptic, bittersweet in tone, about art and artists.

    “One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear.”

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

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    First contact, about aliens and faith and religion.

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  • Cover of Blade Runner Universe
    Blade Runner UniverseSeries

    series · 6 books · 1968

    Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about robots and identity.

    “Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”

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