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Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Twilight ZoneUniverse

universe40 books1960

Science fiction, set in our world.

“Picture, if you will, an ordinary person on an ordinary afternoon: a tired salesman, a frightened child, a man who wants only to be left alone.”
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Start with Stories from the Twilight Zone →

includes Twilight Zone Collections, Twilight Zone Scripts (Rod Serling), Twilight Zone Scripts (Richard Matheson), Twilight Zone Anthologies, The Twilight Zone Novels, Twilight Zone Doubles

Venus Plus XNovel

Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1960

Challenging and reflective in tone, about gender and society, 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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KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

About aliens and faith and religion, set in north america and near future.

Eye in the SkyNovel

Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1957

Eerie and challenging 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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