Find your next SF/F read by mood

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953

First contact, bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity and identity.

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.”
from the catalogue

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includes The War of the Worlds

Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

First contact, about faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america.

The Lathe of HeavenNovel

Ursula K. Le Guinstandalone novel1971

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

TripodsSeries

series4 books1967

completed

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue

Start with When the Tripods Came →

The Martian ChroniclesSeries

series30 books1946

completed

Reflective in tone, about space colonization, set in mars.

Start with The Million Year Picnic →

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