The Ersatz Elevator: Traditional Characters
Lemony A. Snicket
Song of Susannah
Stephen King
The Silmarillion
J. R. R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien; Ted Nasmith
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
Michael J. Fox
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
Flashforward
Robert J. Sawyer
Contact
Carl Sagan
Dune
Frank Herbert
Burning Chrome
William Gibson
Magician, apprentice
Raymond E. Feist
Childhood's end
Arthur C. Clarke
The demolished man
Alfred Bester
Use of Weapons
Iain M. Banks
Transition
The Player of Games
The Algebraist
Look to Windward
Matter
Consider Phlebas
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