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FlashforwardNovel
Robert J. Sawyerstandalone novel1999
Time travel, set in europe.
“At CERN, the Large Hadron Collider accelerator is performing a run to search for the Higgs boson.”
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Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens and technological singularity.
Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in north america.
Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about robots, set in big city.
“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
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Shadrach in the FurnaceNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1976
Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism.
Total RecallNovel
Piers Anthonystandalone novel1989
Cyberpunk, about virtual reality and amnesia, set in mars.
“Douglas Quail is haunted by nightmares of Mars, covert missions and a life more glamorous than his earthbound 2089 AD reality.”
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