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TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Alien invasion, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.
“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 →
Time StormNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1977
Time travel.
“A time storm has devastated the Earth, and only a small fraction of humankind remains.”
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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse
universe65 books1898
Alien invasion.
“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue
Start with The War of the Worlds →
includes The War of the Worlds
Z for ZachariahNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975
About coming of age and loneliness, set in north america.
“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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The FiremanNovel
Joe Hillstandalone novel2016
Dark in tone, about plague and pandemic and found family, set in north america.
The TriffidsSeries
series3 books1951
Dark in tone, set in british isles.
“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Day of the Triffids →