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Cat's CradleNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1963
Satire and postmodern, about nanotechnology and faith and religion.
Tales from the White HartSeries
series19 books1949
Science fiction, funny in tone, set in mid 20th century and our world.
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Up the LineNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
About identity.
“The plot revolves mainly around the paradoxes brought about by time travel and is considered an example of the more sexually-permissive era of late 1960s American science-fiction, a reflection of the counterculture of its day.”
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The Sirens of TitanNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1959
Space opera, about aliens, set in space and far future.
October the First Is Too LateNovel
Fred Hoylestandalone novel1966
Science fiction and time travel, set in mid 20th century and our world.
The Carefully Considered Rape of the WorldNovel
Shepherd Meadstandalone novel1965
Satire, about aliens and gender and society.
“A penniless and cynical journalist, who has agreed to write articles about flying saucers to pay his rent, goes to a golf course where yet another spaceship from another planet has reportedly landed.”
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