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Thomas Pynchonstandalone novel1973

Postmodern, dark in tone, about war.

“The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military.”
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A Modern UtopiaNovel

H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1905

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in parallel universe.

“There they examine a global order run by a voluntary elite called the Samurai, who try to hold together progress and stability without the coercion Wells thought inevitable in the utopias that came before his.”
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The Teleportation AccidentNovel

Ned Beaumanstandalone novel2012

Literary & general, set in early 20th century and europe.

The Baroque CycleSeries

series11 books2003

Historical fiction, set in renaissance and early modern.

“The sciences of cryptology and numismatics feature heavily in the series, as they do in some of Stephenson's other works.”
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The New MachiavelliNovel

H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1910

Reflective in tone, about identity.

Universe of GulliverUniverse

universe34 books1726

Satire.

“A ship's surgeon with appalling luck keeps washing up in countries that have solved the problem of being human in some appalling new way.”
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