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The Great God Pan

Arthur Machen1894

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  • The White People

    Arthur Machen2004

    A young girl records her experiences with folk magic and supernatural entities in a diary. The story is framed by a discussion between two men.

    Same dreamlike register, still weird fiction

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Denser prose

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  • Ambergris

    Jeff VanderMeer2020

    This collection follows the history of a city built atop a subterranean race. It uses fake histories, journals, and detective noir.

    Same dreamlike register, still weird fiction

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  • The Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft

    H.P. Lovecraft2003

    A collection of stories following characters who travel into a shared dream world. It focuses on strange geography and cosmic entities.

    Same dreamlike register, still weird fiction

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  • The Coming of the White Worm

    Clark Ashton Smith2009

    A warlock observes frozen omens in a prehistoric land before a sentient glacier arrives. It is a cosmic horror story told in ornate prose.

    dreamlike → cold, still weird fiction

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To recover

dreamlike → propulsive

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  • This Man

    Jodi Ellen Malpas2013

    An interior designer begins an affair with a wealthy client who demands total control over her life and schedule.

    dreamlike → tense

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  • Ready Player One

    Ernest Cline2008

    A teenager in a dystopian future hunts for a digital easter egg inside a massive simulation. The quest relies on 1980s pop culture trivia.

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  • The Sentinel

    Lee Child2020

    A drifter helps an IT manager targeted by criminals after a cyberattack. He uses physical force to protect the man and uncover a conspiracy.

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Faster

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  • The Rising

    Brian Keene2003

    A father travels across an apocalypse where the dead are possessed by malevolent, intelligent demons. The world is ending permanently.

    dreamlike → bleak

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  • Shattered

    Dean Koontz1973

    A man and his future stepson drive across America while being stalked by the woman's vengeful ex-husband.

    dreamlike → tense

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  • The Executioner

    Chris Carter2010

    A Los Angeles detective hunts a serial killer who murders victims using their specific phobias. Each crime scene features a blood-scrawled number.

    dreamlike → tense

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Slower

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  • Lady Audley's Secret

    Mary Elizabeth Braddon1862

    A man returns from Australia to find his friend's wife is a governess with a hidden past. He investigates her identity after his friend disappears.

    dreamlike → mysterious

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  • Dhalgren

    Samuel R. Delany1975

    An amnesiac wanderer enters Bellona, a city cut off from the world where time and geography shift. He joins a gang and writes poetry.

    Same dreamlike register

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  • Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Douglas R. Hofstadter1979

    An exploration of how cognition emerges from hidden neurological patterns. It uses math, art, and music to explain self-referential systems.

    dreamlike → playful

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Heavier

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