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  • Cover of Sphere
    SphereNovel

    Michael Crichton · standalone novel · 1987

    Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, set in underwater and spaceship.

    “Keeping Top Secret, the US Navy is guarding a gigantic spaceship that has been lying on the Pacific ocean floor for centuries, overgrown with corals.”

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  • Cover of Chocky
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    series · 2 books · 1968

    Science fiction, mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary.

    “The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967.”

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  • Cover of The Visitors
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    Clifford D. Simak · standalone novel · 1980

    First contact, about survival, set in our world and north america.

    “WorldCat: Intelligent, alien creatures arrive on Earth from outer space, threatening world stability and presaging the destruction of civilization.”

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  • Cover of Artifact
    ArtifactNovel

    Gregory Benford · standalone novel · 1985

    Hard science fiction, about magical artifacts and expeditions, set in europe.

    “Archaeologists have discovered in Greece an object of alien origin buried 3500 years ago.”

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  • Cover of Sinister Barrier
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    Eric Frank Russell · standalone novel · 1939

    Tense in tone, about surveillance, set in our world.

    “Russell revised and expanded the book for its first US publication by Fantasy Press in 1948.”

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  • Cover of The Astonished Eye
    The Astonished EyeNovel

    Tracy Knight · standalone novel · 2001

    First contact and magical realism, about identity, set in north america.

    “After all, he was born in this backwater town and that might just give him the edge when it comes to finding out the truth.”

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