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Galileo's DreamNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2009
Science fiction and time travel, challenging in tone, set in outer planets & moons.
“In the book, 17th-century scientist Galileo Galilei is visited by far-future time travelers living on the Galilean moons of Jupiter.”
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The MartianNovel
George du Maurierstandalone novel1897
About friendship.
“Written in long descriptive passages with very little dialogue and many digressions, the book had considerably less success in its time than its predecessor, the popular Trilby.”
from the catalogue
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American DreamerNovel
Steven Millhauserstandalone novel1996
About identity, set in north america and big city.
King of ShadowsNovel
Susan Cooperstandalone novel1999
Time travel, about coming of age, set in british isles.
Orlando: A BiographyNovel
Virginia Woolfstandalone novel1928
About identity and gender and society, set in british isles.
“Considered a feminist classic, the book has been written about extensively by scholars of women's writing and gender and transgender studies.”
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As Above, So Below: A Novel of Peter BruegelNovel
Rudy Ruckerstandalone novel2002
Historical fiction and literary & general, reflective in tone, about art and artists, set in europe and renaissance and early modern.