The novel “Davy” by Edgar Pangborn was published for the first time in 1964 as an expansion of two novelettes published in 1962.

Raised in an orphanage, Davy is a bond-servant and spent his early teen years working. He’s been taught only the bare minimum necessary to do his job, especially because the Holy Murcan Church maintains a tight grip on all knowledge, especially that which remains from the time before the atomic war.

Davy is curious about what exists beyond the microcosm he knows directly. He starts developing a certain skepticism about the Church’s teachings, and for this reason, he spares the life of a mutant he stumbles upon. When he unwittingly gets himself into serious trouble, he decides to escape, and his encounter with some people gives his life a new direction.

The novel “The Lathe of Heaven” by Ursula Le Guin was published for the first time in 1971. It won the Locus Award for best science fiction novel of the year.

When George Orr is caught using drugs prescribed to someone else, he’s forced to undergo psychiatric treatment to avoid serious legal problems. Initially, Dr. William Haber dismisses Orr as a disturbed man when he tells him that his dreams transform reality. However, when Haber examines Orr while he dreams using his special equipment, he realizes that the changes his patient has induced are real.

Dr. Haber considers the potential offered by George Orr’s power and wants to use it to improve the situation in an overpopulated world affected by climate change. Orr is frightened by the possible consequences of his dreams, which is why he had resorted to drugs that blocked his dreams. Dr. Haber, however, is determined to conduct experiments to change the world for the better.

The novel “Ascension” by Nicholas Binge was published for the first time in 2023.

When Ben Tunmore discovers that his brother Harold is still alive and locked up in a mental institution after disappearing and being presumed dead for many years, he’s determined to understand what happened to him. However, getting answers from someone who only speaks seemingly nonsense is difficult. Harold’s suicide leaves Ben and his remaining relatives devastated.

Ben Tunmore discovers a series of letters written by Harold and addressed to Harriet, Ben’s daughter, whom he loved. What he recounts in those letters often seems nonsensical, the product of a sick mind inventing absurd conspiracies. Ben decides to make the contents of those letters public so that anyone who reads them can decide if the events Harold recounted during a secret expedition to a mountain that appeared in the Pacific Ocean actually occurred.

The novel “The Genocides” by Thomas M. Disch was published for the first time in 1965.

A few years after the appearance of the Plants, the Tassel community on the shores of Lake Superior struggles to survive. Anderson is formally the village’s mayor, but he’s actually a sort of absolute king, ruling the small group of survivors with an iron fist, using a gun as a symbol of his power.

When another group of survivors, traveling in search of stability, approaches the village, its members are mercilessly killed. Only Jeremiah Orville, a mining engineer, and nurse Alice Nemerov, considered useful to the community, are spared. The Plants are making it increasingly difficult to grow crops and raise animals, and the arrival of spheres that set buildings ablaze triggers an even deeper crisis, especially as Anderson grows weaker.