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The Man Who Fell to EarthNovel
Walter Tevisstandalone novel1963
About aliens and loneliness, set in our world and north america.
On the BeachNovel
Nevil Shutestandalone novel1957
Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in oceania.
“As the radiation approaches, each person deals with impending death differently.”
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Way StationNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1963
First contact, about aliens and loneliness, set in north america.
“The human operator of a transfer station for aliens traveling between planets, kept secret from the human race, deals with discovery by the US government and interplanetary political crisis, as well as his own emotional issues.”
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IcehengeNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel1984
Hard science fiction, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future.
“The first is the diary of Emma Weil, an engineer swept into a Martian revolution in 2248, conscripted onto a rebel starship fitted for a voyage beyond the solar system, and forced to decide how far her sympathy for the uprising extends.”
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The Martian ChroniclesSeries
series30 books1946
completed
About space colonization, set in near future.
Start with The Million Year Picnic →
Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with DeathNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1969
Literary & general and time travel, about war.
“Vonnegut opens in his own voice, describing the twenty years it took him to face writing about surviving the firebombing of Dresden as a POW.”
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