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  • Cover of The Difference Engine
    The Difference EngineNovel

    William Gibson & Bruce Sterling · standalone novel · 1990

    Alternate history, set in british isles and alternate earth.

    “The computer age arrives a century early with Babbage's perfection of his 'analytical engine'.”

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    series · 6 books · 2010

    About murder investigation, set in british isles.

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  • Cover of The Masks of Time
    The Masks of TimeNovel

    Robert Silverberg · standalone novel · 1968

    Time travel, tense in tone, about faith and religion, set in late 20th century.

    “The civilized world is prosperous but tense with fear about the still existing possibility of a major war.”

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  • Cover of Deception Point
    Deception PointNovel

    Dan Brown · standalone novel · 2001

    Thriller & suspense and mystery & detective, tense in tone, set in contemporary.

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    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots, set in far future.

    “There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”

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    Bram Stoker · standalone novel · 1909

    Gothic and romance, set in early 20th century.

    “Rupert Sent Leger inherits his eccentric uncle's fortune on one condition: he must spend a year living in the family's castle in the Blue Mountains, a small, embattled corner of the Balkan coast under threat from Turkish forces.”

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