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

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    About faith and religion and psychic powers, set in near future.

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  • Cover of Way Station
    Way StationNovel

    Clifford D. Simak · standalone novel · 1963

    About space exploration and loneliness, set in mid 20th century and countryside & village.

    “The human operator of a transfer station for aliens traveling between planets, kept secret from the human race, deals with discovery by the US government and interplanetary political crisis, as well as his own emotional issues.”

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  • Cover of Forge of God
    Forge of GodSeries

    series · 2 books · 1987

    completed

    Dark and tense in tone, about survival.

    “Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”

    from the catalogue
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  • Cover of Have Space Suit - Will Travel
    Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1958

    Space opera, adventurous in tone, set in near future.

    “One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”

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  • Cover of Footfall
    FootfallNovel

    Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle · standalone novel · 1985

    Alien invasion, tense in tone, set in our world and contemporary.

    “When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”

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  • Cover of Contact
    ContactNovel

    Carl Sagan · standalone novel · 1985

    About space exploration and faith and religion, set in contemporary and our world.

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

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