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Beyond the BarrierNovel
Damon Knightstandalone novel1964
About identity.
“The year was 1980, and by means of the university's duplicator he could personally teach in nine different classrooms simultaneously.”
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KindredNovel
Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel1979
Emotional in tone, about slavery and race and racism.
“Widely popular, it has frequently been chosen as a text by community-wide reading programs and book organizations, and for high school and college courses.”
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Time and AgainSeries
series2 books1970
completed
Set in big city.
“Commercial artist Si Morley is recruited into a secretive government project testing whether self-hypnosis, combined with a recreated slice of 1880s Manhattan, can send someone back in time.”
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Naked to the StarsNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1961
Military science fiction, about war, set in other star systems and far future.
“The subject of the cosmic soldier has become a matter of concern for the science fiction reader.”
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The Game-Players of TitanNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1963
Mystery & detective, dark in tone, about murder investigation, set in near future.
“Pete Garden's bipolar disorder threatens his standing among the game's players even as his new wife becomes pregnant, a near-miraculous event in this exhausted world, and his attraction to a telepath complicates things further.”
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The VisitorsNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1980
First contact, about survival, set in our world and contemporary.
“WorldCat: Intelligent, alien creatures arrive on Earth from outer space, threatening world stability and presaging the destruction of civilization.”
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