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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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The Light of Other DaysNovel

Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxterstandalone novel2000

Challenging in tone, about surveillance and technological singularity, set in near future.

“An industrialist devises a technique to use tiny wormholes as light pipes to enable viewing of any event anywhere; and subsequently it becomes possible to use them to view any event in the past as well.”
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The DisappearanceNovel

Philip Wyliestandalone novel1951

Challenging in tone, about gender and society and totalitarianism, set in parallel universe.

“A speculative novel years ahead of the feminist movement it anticipates.”
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Where Late the Sweet Birds SangNovel

Kate Wilhelmstandalone novel1976

Post-apocalyptic, about survival and ecological collapse, set in near future.

Never Let Me GoNovel

Kazuo Ishigurostandalone novel2005

Dystopia and literary & general, sad in tone, set in near future.

“A film adaptation directed by Mark Romanek was released in 2010.”
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