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More Than HumanNovel
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1953
About psychic powers and found family.
“Science fiction critic and editor David Pringle included it in his book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.”
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ReplayNovel
Ken Grimwoodstandalone novel1987
Time travel, about second chance and time loop, set in late 20th century.
ErewhonSeries
series4 books1872
completed
Literary & general and satire, about class conflict, set in secondary world.
Start with Erewhon, or, Over the Range →
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.
“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →
includes Earthsea Cycle
GrimusNovel
Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1975
Literary & general, about immortality and quests, set in otherworld.
“After drinking a mysterious fluid that grants him immortality, the young Axona man Flapping Eagle sets out on a centuries-long search for his vanished sister, drifting through identities and eras as the decades pass without aging him.”
from the catalogue
LilithNovel
George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
Eerie in tone, about identity, set in otherworld.