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universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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includes The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation Trilogy, Trantorian Empire, Foundation (Original Stories)

The Dreaming JewelsNovel

Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1950

Emotional in tone, about genetic engineering.

Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

First contact, about faith and religion, set in north america and near future.

ContactNovel

Carl Saganstandalone novel1985

First contact and hard science fiction, about space exploration and faith and religion.

“The Message, awaited for so long, its very possibility doubted by so many, arrives.”
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VALISSeries

series4 books1981

completed

Challenging in tone, about faith and religion.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
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Concrete IslandNovel

J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1974

About survival and loneliness, set in europe and big city.

“Architect Robert Maitland crashes his car onto a stretch of wasteland trapped between three converging motorways -- visible from thousands of cars, reachable by none of them.”
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