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Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

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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Venus Plus XNovel

Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1960

Challenging and reflective in tone, about gender and society, set in otherworld.

“Charlie Johns wakes in a featureless silver room with no memory of how he got there and a watch that's inexplicably running backward.”
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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

About aliens and faith and religion, set in north america and near future.

The Invisible ManSeries

series6 books1897

Set in british isles and 19th century.

“The Invisible Man is H. G. Wells's 1897 science fiction novel about Griffin, a scientist who works out how to make living tissue invisible and tests the process on himself, only to discover he has no way to reverse it.”
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Eye in the SkyNovel

Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1957

Eerie and challenging in tone, about madness, set in north america.

“Eight visitors touring a particle-accelerator facility are caught in a catastrophic malfunction, a collapsing platform, a burst of radiation, that leaves them all unconscious.”
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Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and DiscordNovel

Olaf Stapledonstandalone novel1944

Reflective and sad in tone, about uplift and loneliness.

“A sense of existential questioning suffuses the book, as the author delves into aspects of Sirius's psyche.”
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