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An altered cognitive state and psychological condition where an individual's internal perception of time, memory, or identity becomes fundamentally disconnected from their immediate physical body and surrounding material reality, causing profound existential disorientation.

The disorientation of a mind unstuck in time, where past, present, and future blur into a confusing, existential loop. The thrill of experiencing reality as a broken mirror, reflecting fragmented moments of self and existence.

Books

A Scanner DarklyPhilip K. Dick
FreshwaterAkwaeke Emezi
World of PtavvsLarry Niven
LegionBrandon Sanderson
The Light BrigadeKameron Hurley
The Echo MakerRichard Powers
Revenant GunYoon Ha Lee
Altered statesPaddy Chayefsky
K-PaxGene Brewer
The AsylumJohn Harwood
Honor's knightRachel Bach
The Little SleepPaul Tremblay
UltravioletR. J. Anderson
The different girlGordon Dahlquist
The Shape ChangerKeith Laumer
FoolsPat Cadigan
Barefoot in the HeadBrian W. Aldiss
The DoorkeepersGraham Masterton
NovaMargaret Fortune
BreakthroughKen Grimwood
PermafrostAlastair Reynolds
Proteus UnboundCharles Sheffield
The Sex SphereRudy Rucker
Dark MirrorMarjorie M. Liu
SlaughtermaticSteve Aylett
A Cure for CancerMichael Moorcock
Voice of the WhirlwindWalter Jon Williams
The Dickens mirrorIlsa J. Bick
PolybiusCollin Armstrong
Realtime InterruptJames P. Hogan
WakersOrson Scott Card
Crompton DividedRobert Sheckley
ImmobilityBrian Evenson
The TimeserversRussell M. Griffin
Stay CrazyErica L. Satifka
Unnatural historyJonathan Blum
ReplicaJack Heath
Out of BodyJeffrey Ford
My Brother's KeeperCharles Sheffield
Cathedral of the DrownedNathan Ballingrud
The Purgatory ZoneArsen Darnay
Sound MindTricia Sullivan
The Other MeSarah Zachrich Jeng
The Burning GirlHolly Phillips
StrayMonica Hesse
Dancer of the SixthMichelle Shirey Crean
AnachrophobiaJonathan Morris
The lost boys symphonyMark Andrew Ferguson
The Watcher's MaskLaurie J. Marks
Crisis!James E. Gunn

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