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Player PianoNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1952
Dystopia and satire, about class conflict, set in near future.
Klara and the SunNovel
Kazuo Ishigurostandalone novel2021
Dystopia, about loneliness, set in our world and near future.
Green TownSeries
series31 books1946
completed
About coming of age.
“Written more than four decades apart, the two novels share Bradbury's recurring setting and nostalgic, myth-making tone rather than a single continuous plot.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Night →
The CultureUniverse
universe21 books1987
Space opera, set in far future and galactic scale.
“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue
Start with Consider Phlebas →
includes Culture
The Fourth "R"Novel
George O. Smithstandalone novel1959
About coming of age.
Station ElevenNovel
Emily St. John Mandelstandalone novel2014
Post-apocalyptic, about art and artists, set in our world and near future.
“One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear.”
from the catalogue