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The X-FilesUniverse
universe91 books1994
Set in north america.
“Working them are two FBI agents who agree on almost nothing — Fox Mulder, who wants to believe, and Dana Scully, the pathologist sent to debunk him — and a truth that keeps receding the closer they get.”
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includes Jonathan Maberry's X-Files Anthologies, The X-Files Origins, The X-Files Young Readers Series, The X-Files Young Adult Series
The Game-Players of TitanNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1963
Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about amnesia, set in near future.
“Pete Garden's bipolar disorder threatens his standing among the game's players even as his new wife becomes pregnant, a near-miraculous event in this exhausted world, and his attraction to a telepath complicates things further.”
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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about faith and religion and identity, set in near future.
HerdsNovel
Stephen Goldinstandalone novel1975
First contact, tense in tone.
“The wife of a powerful figure in California is found brutally murdered in the couple's lonely mountain retreat.”
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Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity, set in near future.
The ForeignersNovel
James Lovegrovestandalone novel2000
First contact, set in near future and europe.
“Suddenly the Foreigners were everywhere: walking the streets of 21st century earth as if they had been there all along; their inscrutable golden masks floating above the crowds on top of their seven foot robe clad bodies.”
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