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A Time of ChangesNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1971
About faith and religion.
The Man in the MazeNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
About psychic powers and loneliness.
The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About space exploration and immortality.
HainishSeries
series33 books1964
completed
Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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TritonNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1976
Challenging in tone, about gender and society and political intrigue.
WyrmsNovel
Orson Scott Cardstandalone novel1987
Science fiction, reflective in tone, about identity, set in far future and other star systems.
“Card describes a version of the tri-partite soul, similar to that articulated by Plato in the Republic.”
from the catalogue