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  • Cover of Stand on Zanzibar
    Stand on ZanzibarNovel

    John Brunner · standalone novel · 1968

    About genetic engineering and surveillance, set in big city.

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  • Cover of A Clockwork Orange
    A Clockwork OrangeSeries

    series · 4 books · 1962

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    About surveillance, set in big city and british isles.

    “After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”

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  • Cover of The Wanting Seed
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    Anthony Burgess · standalone novel · 1962

    Satire, about gender and society.

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  • Cover of Space Merchants
    Space MerchantsSeries

    series · 2 books · 1953

    completed

    Set in venus & inner planets.

    “Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”

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    Start with The Space Merchants →

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    Harry Harrison · standalone novel · 1966

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    The Children of MenNovel

    P. D. James · standalone novel · 1992

    Tense in tone, about political intrigue and rebellion and revolution, set in british isles.

    “Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere.”

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