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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
About aliens and faith and religion, set in north america and near future.
VALISSeries
series4 books1981
completed
About faith and religion.
“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
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WhileawaySeries
series4 books1972
completed
About gender and society, set in contemporary.
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The Light of Other DaysNovel
Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxterstandalone novel2000
Tense in tone, about surveillance and technological singularity, set in near future.
“An industrialist devises a technique to use tiny wormholes as light pipes to enable viewing of any event anywhere; and subsequently it becomes possible to use them to view any event in the past as well.”
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IslandNovel
Aldous Huxleystandalone novel1962
About faith and religion, set in mid 20th century and islands.
“Although it has a plot, the plot largely serves to further conceptual explorations rather than setting up and resolving conventional narrative tension.”
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Venus Plus XNovel
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1960
About gender and society, set in mid 20th century and otherworld.
“Charlie Johns wakes in a featureless silver room with no memory of how he got there and a watch that's inexplicably running backward.”
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