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series41 books1998

Adventurous in tone.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
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One Second After / John MathersonSeries

series4 books2009

Set in small town.

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The 5th WaveSeries

series4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
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SurvivalistSeries

series41 books1981

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, tense in tone, about survival and war, set in near future and north america.

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Ship BreakerSeries

series3 books2010

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
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Down to a Sunless SeaNovel

David Grahamstandalone novel1979

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about survival and war, set in near future and north america.

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