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  • Cover of The Collected Short Fiction (R. A. Lafferty)
    The Collected Short Fiction (R. A. Lafferty)Series

    series · 8 books · 2013

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    Science fiction and weird fiction, whimsical in tone, set in our world and contemporary.

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    Southern Reach TrilogySeries

    series · 4 books · 2014

    Horror, eerie in tone.

    “In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”

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  • Cover of The Dreaming Jewels
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    Theodore Sturgeon · standalone novel · 1950

    Emotional in tone, about genetic engineering.

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    The HumansNovel

    Matt Haig · standalone novel · 2013

    Emotional in tone.

    “When an extraterrestrial arrives on Earth, his first impressions of humans are less than positive.”

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    David Gerrold · standalone novel · 1973

    Time travel, reflective in tone, about loneliness.

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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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