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  • Cover of Crash
    CrashNovel

    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1973

    Dark in tone, about madness and addiction, set in big city.

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  • Cover of Concrete Island
    Concrete IslandNovel

    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1974

    About survival and identity, set in europe.

    “Architect Robert Maitland crashes his car onto a stretch of wasteland trapped between three converging motorways -- visible from thousands of cars, reachable by none of them.”

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  • Cover of VALIS
    VALISSeries

    series · 4 books · 1981

    completed

    Reflective in tone, about faith and religion and identity.

    “The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”

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    Start with VALIS →

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  • Cover of Cities of the Red Night
    Cities of the Red NightSeries

    series · 3 books · 1981

    completed

    “The Place of Dead Roads and The Western Lands continue in the same fragmented, cut-up-influenced style rather than a conventional through-line.”

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    Start with Cities of the Red Night →

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  • Cover of A Visit from the Goon Squad
    A Visit from the Goon SquadSeries

    series · 2 books · 2010

    Reflective in tone.

    “The Candy House returns to several of the same characters and their descendants a decade later, in a world reshaped by a technology that lets people access and share their memories.”

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  • Cover of Whileaway
    WhileawaySeries

    series · 4 books · 1972

    completed

    Reflective in tone, about gender and society.

    Start with When It Changed →

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