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A wry, imaginative travelogue through bizarre alternate realities that holds a gentle funhouse mirror up to our own world. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Changing planes.
- dreamy
- curious
- surreal
- contemplative
- 01
The language of the night
Ursula K. Le Guin
A fierce, illuminating masterclass on the necessity of imagination and the profound truth hidden within fantasy.
- 02
The Birthday of the World
Ursula K. Le Guin
A quiet, anthropological exploration of alien societies that ultimately holds a mirror up to the complexities of our own humanity.
- 03
Rocannon's World
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
A melancholic blend of science fiction and high fantasy that reads like a newly discovered myth.
- 04
The Dispossessed
Úrsula K. Le Guin · 1975
A brilliant, quiet meditation on the walls we build between societies and the solitary courage required to tear them down.
- 05
Changeling
Roger Zelazny · 1980
A fateful collision of two realities where the ancient forces of magic and the rising power of machinery are destined to clash.
- 06
A stranger in Olondria
Sofia Samatar
A lush, dreamlike love letter to language that haunts the reader long after the final page is turned.
- 07
The Ships of Air
Martha Wells · 2004
A desperate, high-stakes flight across a fallen world where the shadows hide threats far worse than the conquering army.
- 08
Short stories
Herbert George Wells
A visionary collection of speculative tales that makes the impossible feel utterly plausible.
- 09
The Farthest Shore
Úrsula K. Le Guin
A mythic, oceanic voyage into the shadows of mortality, where the true magic lies in the acceptance of death.
- 10
Islands in the Net
Bruce Sterling · 2002
A globe-trotting, idea-dense plunge into the dark, data-pirated underbelly of a seemingly utopian corporate future.
- 11
Cities in Flight
James Blish
A sweeping, melancholic journey across deep time and space, exploring the ultimate destiny of humanity as it drifts among the stars.
- 12
The City in the Middle of the Night
Charlie Jane Anders
A haunting exploration of radical empathy and toxic devotion set against the harsh extremes of a tidally locked world.
