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universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

Farnham's FreeholdNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1964

Post-apocalyptic and time travel.

PatternistSeries

series6 books1976

completed

Dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
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Start with Wild Seed →

The Lathe of HeavenNovel

Ursula K. Le Guinstandalone novel1971

Eerie in tone, about psychic powers, set in our world and big city.

FridayNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1982

Adventurous in tone, about genetic engineering and identity.

“Artificial humans are widely resented, and much of the story deals with Friday's struggle both against prejudice and to conceal her enhanced attributes from other humans.”
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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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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

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