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  • Cover of Way Station
    Way StationNovel

    Clifford D. Simak · standalone novel · 1963

    About space exploration, set in north america and mid 20th century.

    “The human operator of a transfer station for aliens traveling between planets, kept secret from the human race, deals with discovery by the US government and interplanetary political crisis, as well as his own emotional issues.”

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  • Cover of Remnant Population
    Remnant PopulationNovel

    Elizabeth Moon · standalone novel · 1996

    About space colonization and survival, set in other star systems and far future.

    “People had always told Ofelia what to do; for once she was going to do what she wanted.”

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  • Cover of The Man Who Fell to Earth
    The Man Who Fell to EarthNovel

    Walter Tevis · standalone novel · 1963

    Reflective in tone, set in our world and mid 20th century.

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  • Cover of Stranger in a Strange Land
    Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

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

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  • Cover of The Man in the Maze
    The Man in the MazeNovel

    Robert Silverberg · standalone novel · 1969

    About psychic powers and identity, set in other star systems and far future.

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  • Cover of Thorns
    ThornsNovel

    Robert Silverberg · standalone novel · 1967

    Space opera, dark in tone, about love triangle, set in far future.

    “Whose butchered body had been put together by aliens, with artificial and alien replacements.”

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