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Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1953

About class conflict, set in mid 20th century and our world.

series2 books1951

completed

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in north america and near future.

“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
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Enchanted PilgrimageNovel

Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1975

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“A scholar at a remote university stumbles onto a manuscript that hints at forgotten secrets buried in the Wasteland, a blighted region where magic and monsters still linger at the edge of an otherwise rational world.”
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Thursday NextSeries

series8 books2001

Fantasy, funny and whimsical in tone, set in contemporary.

“Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels follow a literary detective in an alternate England who can jump physically into the world of books to solve crimes against literature itself.”
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Start with The Eyre Affair →

CryptonomiconNovel

Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1999

Thriller & suspense and historical fiction, set in our world.

“The second timeline takes place during the present, filled with the offspring of the main characters in the first timeline.”
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Saint LeibowitzSeries

series6 books1955

completed

Post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion, set in far future and north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

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