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  • Cover of Squire Quartet
    Squire QuartetSeries

    series · 4 books · 1980

    completed

    Literary & general, set in late 20th century.

    “WorldCat: Thomas C. Squire, creator of the hit documentary series Frankenstein Among the Arts, one-time secret agent and founder of the Society for Popular aesthetics, is attending an international media symposium in Sicily.”

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  • Cover of Orlando: A Biography
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    Virginia Woolf · standalone novel · 1928

    Historical fiction, whimsical in tone, about gender and society and immortality.

    “Considered a feminist classic, the book has been written about extensively by scholars of women's writing and gender and transgender studies.”

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  • Cover of Sacrament
    SacramentNovel

    Clive Barker · standalone novel · 1995

    About ecological collapse, set in contemporary.

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  • Cover of Our Tragic Universe
    Our Tragic UniverseNovel

    Scarlett Thomas · standalone novel · 2010

    About loneliness and books and reading, set in contemporary.

    “If Kelsey Newman's theory about the end of time is true, we are all going to live forever.”

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  • Cover of Cornish Trilogy
    Cornish TrilogySeries

    series · 3 books · 1981

    completed

    Set in our world.

    “The Rebel Angels is novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Rebel Angels →

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  • Cover of The Gold Bug Variations
    The Gold Bug VariationsNovel

    Richard Powers · standalone novel · 1991

    Set in north america.

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