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Ape and EssenceNovel
Aldous Huxleystandalone novel1948
Dystopia and surrealism, challenging in tone, about totalitarianism.
I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic and horror, about vampires and survival.
“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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The Kraken WakesNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1953
Alien invasion, tense in tone, about aliens and survival.
“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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MessiahNovel
Gore Vidalstandalone novel1954
Literary & general, challenging in tone, about political intrigue.
Lord of the FliesNovel
William Goldingstandalone novel1954
Literary & general, about survival and coming of age, set in islands.
“The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that lead to a descent into savagery.”
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Slave ShipNovel
Frederik Pohlstandalone novel1957
Tense in tone, about psychic powers.
“The scene is a world in the throes of a low-intensity global war, which appears to be an amplified representation of the Vietnam War, in which the U.S. was just beginning to be involved.”
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