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    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

    Alien invasion, bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity and identity.

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    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    About faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america.

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    series · 7 books · 1968

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    About space exploration.

    “Structured as a linked sequence of episodes and documents rather than one continuous plot, it follows the project's staff more than any single hero.”

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  • Cover of Contact
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    Carl Sagan · standalone novel · 1985

    Hard science fiction, about space exploration and faith and religion, set in contemporary.

    “The Message, awaited for so long, its very possibility doubted by so many, arrives.”

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    “One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear.”

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    Mysterious in tone, about space exploration, set in the moon and other star systems.

    “The aliens appeared one day, built a base on the moon, and put an ad on the internet.”

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