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The House That Stood StillNovel
A. E. van Vogtstandalone novel1950
About immortality, set in our world.
“Drawn in through his attraction to a cult member, the lawyer learns the group possesses technology beyond its disguise, including spacecraft, and is preparing to relocate the house's stones off-world to escape a coming war.”
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The Crying of Lot 49Novel
Thomas Pynchonstandalone novel1966
Literary & general and postmodern.
“The shortest of Pynchon's novels, the plot follows Oedipa Maas, a young Californian woman who begins to embrace a conspiracy theory as she possibly unearths a centuries-old feud between two mail distribution companies.”
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All Flesh Is GrassNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1965
First contact, about aliens, set in small town.
The Santaroga BarrierNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1968
Eerie in tone, set in contemporary and small town.
“Santaroga seemed to be nothing more than a prosperous farm community.”
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The Cosmic PuppetsNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1957
Weird fiction, eerie in tone, about gods and identity.
“Barton learns that the town is a battleground in a cosmic struggle between two ancient beings, a conflict that has twisted the fabric of his home and the memories of its inhabitants.”
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Century RainNovel
Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2004
Alternate history and noir, about identity and murder investigation.