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The Man Who Fell to EarthNovel
Walter Tevisstandalone novel1963
Reflective and sad in tone, about aliens and loneliness.
Eye in the SkyNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1957
Eerie and challenging in tone, about identity and madness.
“Eight visitors touring a particle-accelerator facility are caught in a catastrophic malfunction, a collapsing platform, a burst of radiation, that leaves them all unconscious.”
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Ring Around the SunNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1953
Reflective in tone, about class conflict, set in parallel universe and countryside & village.
The House That Stood StillNovel
A. E. van Vogtstandalone novel1950
Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about immortality.
“Drawn in through his attraction to a cult member, the lawyer learns the group possesses technology beyond its disguise, including spacecraft, and is preparing to relocate the house's stones off-world to escape a coming war.”
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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic and horror, about vampires and survival.
“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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The Black CloudNovel
Fred Hoylestandalone novel1957
Hard science fiction, tense in tone, about aliens and survival.