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Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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The Lathe of HeavenNovel

Ursula K. Le Guinstandalone novel1971

Eerie and tense in tone, set in our world and big city.

Fahrenheit 451Series

series2 books1951

completed

About books and reading and totalitarianism, set in north america.

“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
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Start with The Fireman →

The World Set FreeNovel

H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1914

Dark in tone, set in our world.

GoneSeries

series9 books2008

Tense and dark in tone, about survival.

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
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The World Jones MadeNovel

Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1956

Dark and tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in north america.

“The mutant Floyd Jones, who can see into the future, plans to overthrow the system and colonise space.”
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