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series4 books1967

completed

Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about aliens.

“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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Shadrach in the FurnaceNovel

Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1976

Dark in tone, about identity and totalitarianism.

The Children of MenNovel

P. D. Jamesstandalone novel1992

Dark in tone, about totalitarianism and political intrigue, set in british isles.

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

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1948

Reflective in tone, about genetic engineering, set in far future and north america.

“For centuries, disease, hunger, poverty, and war have been things found only in the history tapes.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Dark in tone, about totalitarianism and gender and society, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →

includes Trantorian Empire, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation, Foundation (Original Stories)

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