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Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, about aliens and technological singularity, set in near future.
Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
About aliens and faith and religion, set in north america and near future.
Every DaySeries
series3 books2012
Fantasy, about body swap.
“David Levithan's Every Day follows A, a consciousness with no fixed body who wakes each morning inside a different person's life, and who falls for a girl named Rhiannon despite the impossibility of ever staying in one body to be with her.”
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The Dreaming JewelsNovel
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1950
Emotional in tone, about genetic engineering.
Never Let Me GoNovel
Kazuo Ishigurostandalone novel2005
Dystopia, sad in tone, about cloning, set in near future.
“A film adaptation directed by Mark Romanek was released in 2010.”
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Concrete IslandNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1974
Challenging in tone, about survival, set in europe and big city.
“Architect Robert Maitland crashes his car onto a stretch of wasteland trapped between three converging motorways -- visible from thousands of cars, reachable by none of them.”
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