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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

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

For Us, the Living: A Comedy of CustomsNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel2004

Time travel, funny in tone, about political intrigue, set in north america.

The Wanting SeedNovel

Anthony Burgessstandalone novel1962

Dystopia, challenging in tone, about totalitarianism, set in our world.

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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FlatlandSeries

series2 books1884

Set in otherworld.

“Ian Stewart's 2001 Flatterland follows a descendant of that narrator on a tour of stranger geometries, from curved and multidimensional space to relativity, as a knowing homage to Abbott's original.”
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The Passion of New EveNovel

Angela Carterstandalone novel1977

Dystopia and literary & general, about identity, set in north america.

“A dark satire, the book parodies primitive notions of gender, sexual difference and identity from a post-feminist perspective.”
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