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  • Cover of Childhood's End
    Childhood's EndNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

    Bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity and identity, set in near future.

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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 Contact
    ContactNovel

    Carl Sagan · standalone novel · 1985

    Hard science fiction, about space exploration and faith and religion, set in contemporary.

    “The Message, awaited for so long, its very possibility doubted by so many, arrives.”

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  • Cover of Calculating God
    Calculating GodNovel

    Robert J. Sawyer · standalone novel · 2000

    About faith and religion, set in contemporary.

    “The bulk of the novel covers the many discussions and arguments on this topic, as well as the nature of belief, religion, and science.”

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

    Walter Tevis · standalone novel · 1963

    Sad in tone, about loneliness, set in mid 20th century and north america.

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  • Cover of The Byworlder
    The ByworlderNovel

    Poul Anderson · standalone novel · 1971

    About art and artists, set in near future and big city.

    “Wayburn alone knows why the alien has come, but no one in the establishment will listen to the byworlder, despite his terrifying message. ...”

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