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  • Cover of Colony
    ColonyNovel

    Ben Bova · standalone novel · 1978

    About space colonization and survival, set in space station.

    “Bova later folded both novels together into the omnibus The Kinsman Saga.”

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  • Cover of The Children of Men
    The Children of MenNovel

    P. D. James · standalone novel · 1992

    Post-apocalyptic, about totalitarianism and rebellion and revolution, set in british isles.

    “Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere.”

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  • Cover of The World Jones Made
    The World Jones MadeNovel

    Philip K. Dick · standalone novel · 1956

    Post-apocalyptic, about psychic powers, set in north america.

    “The mutant Floyd Jones, who can see into the future, plans to overthrow the system and colonise space.”

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  • Cover of Preferred Risk
    Preferred RiskNovel

    Lester del Rey & Frederik Pohl · standalone novel · 1955

    About totalitarianism.

    “An insurance claims adjuster investigates mysterious events in a vault where incurably ill people are stored in cold sleep.”

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  • Cover of When the Sleeper Wakes
    When the Sleeper WakesNovel

    H. G. Wells · standalone novel · 1899

    About rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in far future and british isles.

    “Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”

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  • Cover of Islands in the Net
    Islands in the NetNovel

    Bruce Sterling · standalone novel · 1988

    Cyberpunk, about class conflict and surveillance, set in africa.

    “The protagonist, swept up in events beyond her control, finds herself in places that are off the net, from a datahaven in Grenada, to a Singapore under terrorist attack, to the poorest and most disaster-struck parts of Africa.”

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