Indistinguishable from magic SF (12 books)

Based on Arthur C. Clarke´s 3rd law, that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, for books which seem fantasy or low tech, but are actually science fiction with "sufficiently" advanced technology.

Short fiction is very welcome.

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1	Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke 4.12 avg rating — 174,091 ratings score: 393, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) by Anne McCaffrey 4.08 avg rating — 144,001 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Elder Race (Elder Race #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 24,966 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Storeys from the Old Hotel by Gene Wolfe 4.02 avg rating — 386 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Inversions (Culture, #6) by Iain M. Banks 3.96 avg rating — 20,293 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance 4.12 avg rating — 6,081 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Enchantress from the Stars (Elana, #1) by Sylvia Engdahl (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 4,210 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe 4.24 avg rating — 4,744 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Steerswoman (The Steerswoman, #1) by Rosemary Kirstein 4.03 avg rating — 3,834 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Archivist Wasp (Archivist Wasp Saga, #1) by Nicole Kornher-Stace (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 3,895 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Expert System’s Champion (Expert System, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 3,643 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Expert System's Brother (Expert System, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 7,798 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars