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A dizzying, deeply intimate plunge into the ultimate thought experiment about identity, loneliness, and what it truly means to love yourself. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The man who folded himself.
- surreal
- solipsistic
- dizzying
- melancholic
- 01
The Accidental Time Machine
Joe Haldeman
A wry, fast-paced temporal road trip where the only way out of a problem is to jump further into an increasingly bizarre future.
- 02
Isle of the dead
Roger Zelazny · 1970
A cynical, immortal world-builder is forced out of retirement to fight a cosmic grudge match on a planet of his own making.
- 03
The Green Hills of Earth
Robert Anson Heinlein
A nostalgic, gritty, and ultimately poetic ode to the working-class heroes who will build humanity's future among the stars.
- 04
Lost in the funhouse
John Barth · 1968
A dizzying, self-aware labyrinth of language that constantly pulls back the curtain on its own creation.
- 05
A Wrinkle In Time Trilogy
Madeleine L'Engle
A cosmic, philosophical journey that proves love and stubborn individuality are the ultimate weapons against the darkness of the universe.
- 06
The Shrinking Man
Richard Matheson
A claustrophobic descent into everyday terror where the familiar world becomes an insurmountable, alien landscape.
- 07
Way station
Clifford D. Simak
A gentle, pastoral meditation on humanity's place in the cosmos, viewed from the quiet porch of an isolated farmhouse.
- 08
Cugel saga
Jack Vance · 2000
A delightfully cynical romp through a decaying world, led by fantasy's most eloquent and unrepentant scoundrel.
- 09
Too Many Magicians
Randall Garrett
A clever locked-room mystery set in a meticulously crafted alternate history where magic is a science and the detective work is razor-sharp.
- 10
Gods of riverworld
Philip Jose Farmer · 1983
A grand, paranoid locked-room mystery played out among resurrected historical figures wielding the powers of gods.
- 11
S is for space
Ray Bradbury
A classic collection of speculative short fiction that captures the imaginative wonder of mid-century American sci-fi.
- 12
The door into fire
Diane Duane · 1981
An elemental, foundational journey that opens the door to a classic speculative epic.
