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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in north america.

Julian WestSeries

series7 books1888

Set in north america.

“Together the two novels were highly influential on turn-of-the-century utopian and socialist thought.”
from the catalogue

Start with Looking Backward, 2000-1887 →

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

series11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
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Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →

includes The Positronic Robot Stories, Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

series4 books1962

completed

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
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Start with A Clockwork Orange →

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