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Gore Vidalstandalone novel1954

Satire, about political intrigue, set in north america.

series3 books1961

completed

Postmodern and science fiction, about surveillance.

“Across the three books, the shadowy Nova Mob, personified as viral, parasitic forces of language and image, is opposed by an equally strange Nova Police, in an allegory for how societies are manipulated through media and addiction.”
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After Such KnowledgeSeries

series7 books1953

completed

“After Such Knowledge is James Blish's loosely linked trilogy on the costs of forbidden or dangerous knowledge.”
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Night Unto NightNovel

Philip Wyliestandalone novel1944

Reflective in tone.

VALISSeries

series4 books1981

completed

Science fiction, reflective in tone, about identity.

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

Aldous Huxleystandalone novel1962

Reflective in tone, about ecological collapse, set in islands.

“Although it has a plot, the plot largely serves to further conceptual explorations rather than setting up and resolving conventional narrative tension.”
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