Gene Wolfe 1999
- What it is
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Melancholic and unhurried · it stays with you
- Genre
- Science fiction Literary
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Melancholic and unhurried
Solaris
Stanisław Lem 2002
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro 2005
Tender and sad at once
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Galatea 2. 2
Richard Powers 1995
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Atonement
Ian McEwan 2001
It stays with you · tender and sad at once
Zone One
Colson Whitehead 2011
Just as melancholic, but more atmospheric and gritty
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