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Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1957

Eerie in tone, about madness, set in our world and mid 20th century.

“Eight visitors touring a particle-accelerator facility are caught in a catastrophic malfunction, a collapsing platform, a burst of radiation, that leaves them all unconscious.”
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WhileawaySeries

series4 books1972

completed

Challenging and reflective in tone, about gender and society, set in contemporary.

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AnathemNovel

Neal Stephensonstandalone novel2008

Hard science fiction, challenging in tone, about aliens, set in secondary world.

The Invisible ManSeries

series6 books1897

Set in british isles and 19th century.

“The Invisible Man is H. G. Wells's 1897 science fiction novel about Griffin, a scientist who works out how to make living tissue invisible and tests the process on himself, only to discover he has no way to reverse it.”
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Dark MatterNovel

Blake Crouchstandalone novel2016

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, set in our world 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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Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

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 →

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