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  • Cover of A Clockwork Orange
    A Clockwork OrangeSeries

    series · 4 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction, set in near future and big city.

    “After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”

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    Start with A Clockwork Orange →

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  • Cover of Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
    Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

    series · 9 books · 1962

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Man in the High Castle →

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  • Cover of Brave New World
    Brave New WorldSeries

    series · 8 books · 1932

    Science fiction, about class conflict, set in far future and otherworld.

    “Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Brave New World →

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  • Cover of Shadrach in the Furnace
    Shadrach in the FurnaceNovel

    Robert Silverberg · standalone novel · 1976

    Science fiction, set in near future.

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  • Cover of This Perfect Day
    This Perfect DayNovel

    Ira Levin · standalone novel · 1970

    Science fiction, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future.

    “Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Fahrenheit 451
    Fahrenheit 451Series

    series · 2 books · 1951

    completed

    Science fiction, about books and reading, 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fireman →

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