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Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens, set in our world.
The Martian ChroniclesSeries
series30 books1946
completed
About space colonization.
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The Drowned WorldNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1962
Post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse and survival.
Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in north america.
The Hammer of GodNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1993
Hard science fiction, tense in tone, about survival, set in asteroid belt.
“Set in the year 2109, it deals with the discovery of an asteroid to be on course to collide with Earth and depicts the mission for deflecting the asteroid by using fusion thermal rockets.”
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Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries
series9 books1962
completed
Science fiction, set in near future.
“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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