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Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1960
Set in otherworld.
“Charlie Johns wakes in a featureless silver room with no memory of how he got there and a watch that's inexplicably running backward.”
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About aliens and faith and religion, set in north america and near future.
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Eye in the SkyNovel
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Eerie in tone, about madness, set in north america.
“Eight visitors touring a particle-accelerator facility are caught in a catastrophic malfunction, a collapsing platform, a burst of radiation, that leaves them all unconscious.”
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Ring Around the SunNovel
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