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  • Cover of Contact
    ContactNovel

    Carl Sagan · standalone novel · 1985

    First contact and hard science fiction, about faith and religion, set in our world.

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

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  • Cover of Stranger in a Strange Land
    Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    First contact, about faith and religion, set in north america and near future.

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    Robert Silverberg · standalone novel · 1972

    About psychic powers and identity, set in north america.

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  • Cover of Chocky
    ChockySeries

    series · 2 books · 1968

    Mysterious in tone.

    “The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967.”

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  • Cover of Flowers for Algernon
    Flowers for AlgernonNovel

    Daniel Keyes · standalone novel · 1966

    Emotional in tone, about genetic engineering, set in north america.

    “A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”

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  • Cover of Calculating God
    Calculating GodNovel

    Robert J. Sawyer · standalone novel · 2000

    First contact, about faith and religion, set in our world.

    “The bulk of the novel covers the many discussions and arguments on this topic, as well as the nature of belief, religion, and science.”

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