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Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Wayward PinesSeries

series6 books2012

Thriller & suspense, set in north america.

Start with Genesis →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Dystopia, dark in tone, about gender and society, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

Fahrenheit 451Series

series2 books1951

completed

Dystopia, about books and reading, set in north america.

“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
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Start with The Fireman →

Space MerchantsSeries

series2 books1953

completed

Dystopia, dark in tone, about class conflict, set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
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Start with The Space Merchants →

The Mind CageNovel

A. E. van Vogtstandalone novel1957

About psychic powers, set in our world.

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