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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, set in far future and north america.
“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
About aliens, set in our world and near future.
“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →
Council WarsSeries
series5 books2003
Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense and adventurous in tone, about war.
“In the future there is no want, no war, no disease or ill-timed death.”
from the catalogue
Start with There Will Be Dragons →
The Kraken WakesNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1953
Alien invasion, about aliens, set in our world and mid 20th century.
“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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The Lost RegimentSeries
series9 books1990
Military science fiction and alternate history, set in secondary world.
“William R. Forstchen's Lost Regiment series begins with Rally Cry, in which a Civil War Union regiment is swept onto a distant world where humans transplanted from many eras and cultures are farmed as food by an alien race.”
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Start with Rally Cry →
FootfallNovel
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985
Alien invasion, about aliens, set in our world and contemporary.
“When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”
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