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The Demolished ManNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1953
Tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in far future.
“In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen.”
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Century RainNovel
Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2004
Alternate history and noir, mysterious in tone, about identity.
Greg MandelSeries
series5 books1993
Tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in near future and british isles.
“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
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Start with Mindstar Rising →
Great North RoadNovel
Peter F. Hamiltonstandalone novel2012
Mysterious in tone, set in near future and british isles.
The X-FilesUniverse
universe91 books1994
Set in north america.
“Working them are two FBI agents who agree on almost nothing — Fox Mulder, who wants to believe, and Dana Scully, the pathologist sent to debunk him — and a truth that keeps receding the closer they get.”
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Start with Goblins →
includes Jonathan Maberry's X-Files Anthologies, The X-Files Young Readers Series, The X-Files Origins, The X-Files Young Adult Series
Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)Series
series2 books1998
completed
Tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in near future.
“Charles Sheffield's Aftermath duology opens with a near-future Earth devastated by a nearby supernova's radiation, which knocks out electronics and forces survivors to rebuild without most modern technology.”
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Start with Aftermath →