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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about aliens and psychic powers.
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism and gender and society.
“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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Bug Jack BarronNovel
Norman Spinradstandalone novel1969
Cyberpunk, about surveillance.
“In this regard, Spinrad has cited the influence of Beat writers William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac.”
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The ComingNovel
Joe Haldemanstandalone novel2000
First contact, about aliens and ecological collapse, set in our world.
The World Jones MadeNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1956
Dystopia and post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about psychic powers.
“The mutant Floyd Jones, who can see into the future, plans to overthrow the system and colonise space.”
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FridayNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1982
About genetic engineering and identity.
“Artificial humans are widely resented, and much of the story deals with Friday's struggle both against prejudice and to conceal her enhanced attributes from other humans.”
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