2023 oddly specific genre challenge - hosted by hjerteknuser

a sci-fi book set in the past
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stories_set_in_a_future_now_in_the_past for inspiration, but i'm sure there's more (can you believe that there's a wikipedia article for that, holy hell)
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Doctor Who: Damaged Goods by Russell T. Davies

Doctor Who: Damaged Goods

The New Doctor Who Adventures #55

Russell T. Davies

263 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction science fiction dark slow-paced
The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle

The Black Cloud

Fred Hoyle

200 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction informative medium-paced
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Three-Body Problem

Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

Cixin Liu

13 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction science fiction challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

2001: A Space Odyssey

Space Odyssey #1

Arthur C. Clarke

297 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

384 pages • first pub 1949 (editions) user-added

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

352 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Lathe of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

194 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian fantasy science fiction reflective medium-paced
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

A Scanner Darkly

Philip K. Dick

219 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction science fiction speculative fiction dark reflective medium-paced
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