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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america.
The Star BeastNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1954
First contact, adventurous in tone, set in north america.
“A talking alien pet has grown to the size of a small dinosaur.”
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ArmadaNovel
Ernest Clinestandalone novel2015
Alien invasion and military science fiction, adventurous in tone.
Z for ZachariahNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975
Post-apocalyptic, about survival and loneliness.
“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution.
“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Never Let Me GoNovel
Kazuo Ishigurostandalone novel2005
Dystopia and literary & general, sad in tone, about cloning.
“A film adaptation directed by Mark Romanek was released in 2010.”
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