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    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

    First contact, bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity, set in near future.

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    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    First contact, about psychic powers, set in north america and near future.

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    First contact and hard science fiction, about space exploration.

    “The Message, awaited for so long, its very possibility doubted by so many, arrives.”

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    Joe Haldeman · standalone novel · 2004

    Science fiction, reflective in tone, about aliens and identity, set in our world and contemporary.

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    Ian Watson · standalone novel · 1975

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    Theodore Sturgeon · standalone novel · 1953

    About psychic powers and found family.

    “Science fiction critic and editor David Pringle included it in his book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.”

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