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The Lathe of HeavenNovel
Ursula K. Le Guinstandalone novel1971
Dystopia, eerie in tone, set in big city.
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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Time Is the Simplest ThingNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1961
Reflective in tone, set in north america.
“The underlying theme is intolerance of ordinary people towards those with unusual abilities.”
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The Zap GunNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1967
Satire, dark in tone, about war, set in north america.
The Mind CageNovel
A. E. van Vogtstandalone novel1957
About totalitarianism.
FlashforwardNovel
Robert J. Sawyerstandalone novel1999
Mysterious in tone, about identity, set in europe.
“At CERN, the Large Hadron Collider accelerator is performing a run to search for the Higgs boson.”
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