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    War Against the ChtorrSeries

    series · 7 books · 1983

    Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense and dark in tone, about aliens and survival, set in near future.

    “The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”

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    John Wyndham · standalone novel · 1953

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    “Earth's life is disrupted by the attacks of extraterrestrials whose war machines, emerging from the depths of the oceans, seem indestructible.”

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    Harry Harrison · standalone novel · 1966

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    David Graham · standalone novel · 1979

    Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, dark and tense in tone, about survival and war, set in near future and our world.

    “The title of the book is taken from a line of the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.”

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    John Ringo · standalone novel · 2008

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