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universe40 books1960

Science fiction, set in our world.

“Picture, if you will, an ordinary person on an ordinary afternoon: a tired salesman, a frightened child, a man who wants only to be left alone.”
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Start with Stories from the Twilight Zone →

includes Twilight Zone Collections, Twilight Zone Anthologies, The Twilight Zone Novels, Twilight Zone Scripts (Rod Serling), Twilight Zone Scripts (Richard Matheson), Twilight Zone Doubles

DhalgrenNovel

Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1975

About madness and loneliness, set in north america and big city.

VALISSeries

series4 books1981

completed

Reflective in tone, about faith and religion.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
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Start with VALIS →

PymSeries

series5 books1838

Adventure, about expeditions, set in arctic & antarctica and 19th century.

“Jules Verne wrote an unauthorized 1897 sequel, An Antarctic Mystery, resolving Poe's cliffhanger in more rationalist terms, while Mat Johnson's 2011 novel Pym uses Poe's original as the springboard for a satirical modern story about race.”
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Start with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket →

HARMNovel

Brian W. Aldissstandalone novel2007

About madness and totalitarianism.

“To evade this misery Prisoner B escapes - through his split personality - to a science fiction-like planet ruled by insects.”
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Childhood's EndNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953

First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens, set in near future.

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