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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in 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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CowlNovel
Neal Asherstandalone novel2004
Science fiction and time travel, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in far future.
“In the far future, the Heliothane Dominion is triumphant in the solar system, after a bitter war with their Umbrathane progenitors.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, about political intrigue and aliens, set in other star systems.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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The ChrysalidsNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955
Reflective in tone, about genetic engineering and coming of age, set in secondary world.
“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
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Farnham's FreeholdNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1964
Post-apocalyptic, about race and racism, set in near future and north america.
City at World's EndNovel
Edmond Hamiltonstandalone novel1951
Post-apocalyptic, set in our world and north america.
“Cut off from everything and everyone they knew, the townspeople have to find a way to survive in a world that has nothing left to spare for latecomers.”
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