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- Chocky
series2 books1968
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Chocky (1968) is John Wyndham's science fiction novel about an eleven-year-old boy, Matthew, whose parents grow alarmed by his conversations with an unseen presence that feeds him unsettling insights into mathematics and human progress, building toward the reveal of what, or who, Chocky really is. Mark Daniel's Chocky's Challenge (1986), published after Wyndham's death, is an authorized continuation that carries the story forward.
- Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
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Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by the British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows a peaceful alien invasion of Earth by mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.
- The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1957
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The Midwich Cuckoos is a 1957 science fiction novel written by the English author John Wyndham. It tells the tale of an English village in which the women become pregnant by brood parasitic aliens. The book has been praised by many critics, including the dramatist Dan Rebellato, who called it "a searching novel of moral ambiguities", and the novelist Margaret Atwood, who called the book Wyndham's "chef d'œuvre". The book has been adapted for film, radio, and television.
- Greg Mandel
series5 books1993
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Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government. Peter F. Hamilton's original trilogy - Mindstar Rising, A Quantum Murder, The Nano Flower - follows his cases as ordinary detective work keeps sliding into conspiracies with much bigger stakes; The Suspect Genome revisits an older Mandel decades later. It was Hamilton's first fiction, blending noir detective plotting with hard SF.
- Legion / Stephen Leeds
series5 books2012
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Legion, or the Stephen Leeds series, is a series of science fiction novellas created by American author Brandon Sanderson. Sanderson authored the first three stories : Legion, first published on August 31, 2012, Legion: Skin Deep in November 2014, and Legion: Lies of the Beholder in September 2018. Death and Faxes, co-authored by Max Epstein, David Pace, and Michael Harkins, was released in June 2022. The books have received favorable reviews.
- Lincoln's Dreams
Connie Willisstandalone novel1987
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Lincoln's Dreams is a 1987 novel by American author Connie Willis about a historical researcher studying the U.S. Civil War who meets a young woman who seems to be dreaming General Lee's dreams. The book is about parapsychology, metaphysical speculations, death, and love.
- More Than Human
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1953
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More Than Human is a 1953 science fiction fix-up novel by American writer Theodore Sturgeon. It is a revision and expansion of his 1952 novella Baby Is Three, which is bracketed by two additional parts written for the novel, "The Fabulous Idiot" and "Morality". It won the 1954 International Fantasy Award, which was also given to works in science fiction. It was additionally nominated in 2004 for a "Retro Hugo" award for the year 1954. Science fiction critic and editor David Pringle included it in his book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.
- The Power of Stars
Louise Lawrencestandalone novel1972
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In the writer's second science fiction novel, "an Extraterrestrial force transfixes human teenagers". --SFE3, biographical entry by John Clute "Jane is bitten by a strangely ferocious dying rabbit, and instead of rabies as you might expect she's infected with neurons from outer space ... Thus possessed, Jane zaps in turn a washing machine, the telly", and so on. --KirkusReviews.com (contemporary review, undated online, negative)
- The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Vivien Alcockstandalone novel1980
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WorldCat: Thirteen-year-old Cassie, the seventh child of a seventh child, begins to exhibit the gift of second sight which enables her to communicate with the Other World.
- The Hollow Man
Dan Simmonsstandalone novel1992
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The Hollow Man is a novel by American author Dan Simmons. The book was initially published by Bantam Books on September 1, 1992. It narrates the story of a university lecturer who has the ability to "hear" the thoughts of others, an ability he shares with his dying wife.
- Patternist
series6 books1976
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The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague. A profile of Butler in Black Women in America notes that the themes of the series include "racial and gender-based animosity, the ethical implications of biological engineering, the question of what it means to be human, ethical and unethical uses of power, and how the assumption of power changes people."
- The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guinstandalone novel1971
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The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first serialized in the American science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. It won the 1972 Locus Award for Best Novel and was a finalist for the 1971 Nebula Award for Best Novel and 1972 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Two television film adaptations were released: the PBS production, The Lathe of Heaven (1980), and Lathe of Heaven (2002), a remake produced by the A&E Network.
- Coils
Roger Zelazny & Fred Saberhagenstandalone novel1982
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A man discovers that his memories of childhood are false, and when he begins to investigate his psychiatrist is murdered and his girlfriend is kidnapped. As his actual past begins to return to his memory, he realizes that he has the ability to mentally connect to computer circuitry, an ability he used to use for illegal advantage for the corporation which employed him, along with a small group of others with paranormal powers. He concludes that the corporation is behind all this and sets out to find and rescue his girlfriend while the corporation pursues him.
- The Gift
Peter Dickinsonstandalone novel1973
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A Welsh youth with extrasensory perception is warned by his grandmother that bad luck happens to family members who try to use the ability.
- Pstalemate
Lester del Reystandalone novel1971
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From the back cover of the Berkley Medallion paperback: A young man finds he has extrasensory talents. Then he discovers that others have them, too - though few as powerful as his. And then comes an appalling discovery: he finds that if he cannot master these PSI powers he will certainly go mad. And no one has ever mastered them. His desperate battle to find the secret of the power leads him to a source utterly alien - and awesome in its implications for Earth's fate....
- Blue Light
Walter Mosleystandalone novel1998
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Blue Light is a science fiction novel by American writer Walter Mosley, published in 1998 by Little Brown & Co.
- Dying Inside
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1972
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Dying Inside is a 1972 science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg. It was first serialized in Galaxy in 1972 and published in book form by Charles Scribner's Sons later that year. The novel follows David Selig, a middle-aged telepath in contemporary New York City, as the mind-reading ability that has shaped his life begins to disappear.
- The Earthend Saga
series3 books2014
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The EarthEnd Saga is a science fiction novel series co-written by actress Gillian Anderson and writer Jeff Rovin.
- The Infinite Cage
Keith Laumerstandalone novel1972
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Synopsis from back cover: A little wisp of a man appears from who-knows-where, apparently suffering from delusions, schizophrenia, paranoia, and mental maladies not yet named. His misadventures in a hostile world would put Walter Mitty to shame for lack of imagination. He finds he has strange powers that bring him spectacular success at whatever he attempts--followed, it seems inevitably, by crushing disaster. At last, on the verge of utter despair, he stumbles onto a clue to the secret of his existence... Keith Laumer, famous for his witty novels of galaxy-hopping adventure, has created a spooky, funny, hauntingly brilliant novel that cannot be put down--and will never be forgotten-- Welcome To Adam's World
- Null-A
series4 books1948
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A. E. van Vogt's Null-A novels follow Gilbert Gosseyn, a man whose memories keep proving false, through a future society organized around the non-Aristotelian logic ('Null-A') of General Semantics. The World of Null-A and The Pawns of Null-A form the classic 1940s-50s core, with Null-A Three added decades later; John C. Wright's Null-A Continuum closes out the storyline after van Vogt's death. It's dense, puzzle-box science fiction built around identity and perception.
- The Bone Clocks
David Mitchellstandalone novel2014
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The Bone Clocks is a 2014 novel by British writer David Mitchell. It was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and described as one of the best novels of the year by Stephen King. The novel won the 2015 World Fantasy Award.
- Jumper
series6 books1992
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Jumper follows David Rice, a teenager who discovers he can teleport anywhere he's been and uses the power to escape an abusive home, only to find that ability alone doesn't solve the harder problems of finding his absent mother, building an honest relationship, or staying off the radar of people who'd exploit him. Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper. A 2008 film loosely adapted the first novel.
