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IlluminatusSeries
series8 books1975
completed
Postmodern.
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Galileo's DreamNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2009
Science fiction and time travel, reflective in tone, set in outer planets & moons.
“In the book, 17th-century scientist Galileo Galilei is visited by far-future time travelers living on the Galilean moons of Jupiter.”
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CryptonomiconNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1999
Thriller & suspense, about family secrets, set in our world.
“The second timeline takes place during the present, filled with the offspring of the main characters in the first timeline.”
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Gravity's RainbowNovel
Thomas Pynchonstandalone novel1973
Literary & general and postmodern, about war, set in early 20th century.
“The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military.”
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The Baroque CycleSeries
series11 books2003
Historical fiction, set in renaissance and early modern and europe.
“The sciences of cryptology and numismatics feature heavily in the series, as they do in some of Stephenson's other works.”
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Against the DayNovel
Thomas Pynchonstandalone novel2006
Literary & general, set in early 20th century.
“Like its predecessors, Against the Day is an example of historiographic metafiction or metahistorical romance.”
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