More like 49th Parallels

anchored on:alternate historyour worldnorth americashort story cyclescience fictionpolitical intrigue+3 more

but

Narrow

The Years of Rice and SaltNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2002
Historical fiction, about reincarnation and plague and pandemic, set in east asia.
“What if the Black Death had killed nearly everyone in Europe instead of a third of it?”
from the catalogue
Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens and technological singularity.
Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about aliens and faith and religion.
We Can Build YouNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1972
About identity.
“Written in 1962 as The First in Our Family, it remained unpublished until appearing in serial form as A. Lincoln, Simulacrum in the November 1969 and January 1970 issues of Amazing Stories magazine, re-titled by editor Ted White.”
from the catalogue
New York 2140Novel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2017
Dystopia, about ecological collapse and class conflict, set in big city.
Never Let Me GoNovel
Kazuo Ishigurostandalone novel2005
Dystopia and literary & general, sad in tone, about cloning.
“A film adaptation directed by Mark Romanek was released in 2010.”
from the catalogue