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Ready Player OneSeries
series3 books2011
Cyberpunk, about virtual reality, set in virtual world and near future.
“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
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Out of Their MindsNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1970
Fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in our world.
“What if their world were real - if vampires, devils and Don Quixote hobnobbed with Dagwood Bumstead and Charlie Brown.”
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CosmicNovel
Frank Cottrell Boycestandalone novel2008
Funny in tone, about space exploration, set in space.
“Super-sized, eleven-year-old Liam makes a giant leap for boy-kind by competing with a group of adults for the chance to go into space.”
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My Teacher Is an AlienSeries
series4 books1989
About aliens.
“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
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Rebecca's World: Journey to the Forbidden PlanetNovel
Terry Nationstandalone novel1975
Portal fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in other star systems.
“Rebecca is mysteriously transported to a distant planet as she looks at it through her father's astral telescope.”
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The Family TreeNovel
Sheri S. Tepperstandalone novel1997
Fantasy, about prophecy and ecological collapse.
“Dora Henry is a policewoman who is investigating the possibly connected murders of local scientists; she is married to Jared, a strange and emotionless neat-freak, who dotes on his immaculately trimmed lawn.”
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