Several immediately come to mind. Short stories: The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (Ken Liu); Stories of Your Life and Others and Exhalation (Ted Chiang); The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) Novels: The Monk (Matthew Gregory Lewis); Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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+ another 1 for Martian Chronicles. It's Hienlin at his best (poingint short stories linking into a lather narrative), without the baggage of Laz Long that ties together his more famous works (which I love, but aren't exactly light hearted).
+1 for the Martian Chronicles.
Martian Chronicles, Crystal Express+Cysmatrix, Neuromancer,Hyperion, Portico...
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Childhoods end - Humanity takes the next step in evolution Anhilliation - Fish out of water like story of exploring a mysterious, horrific, environment (2 sequels drag on for too much after this one though) Many Ray Bradbury stories (Martian chronicles, and the Everyman collection contain the best ones) Infinite Jest (Alternate American future of a culture of addiction and depravity, partly mediated by technology) The Circle (haven't read, but like the author, life inside the biggest tech company of the future)
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Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, Dune, Foundation series, Martian Chronicles & Illustrated Man, Ender's Game, Accelerando, Hyperion, The Forever War, Player of Games, Snow Crash
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