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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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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

The Lathe of HeavenNovel

Ursula K. Le Guinstandalone novel1971

Dystopia, eerie in tone, set in big city.

Greg MandelSeries

series5 books1993

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, set in british isles.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
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Start with Mindstar Rising →

PatternistSeries

series6 books1976

completed

Dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
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Start with Wild Seed →

Galactic MilieuSeries

series10 books1981

completed

About aliens.

“From the front flap of the Knopf first printing: The year is 2051.”
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Start with The Many-Colored Land →

Childhood's EndNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953

First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens and technological singularity.

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