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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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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
The OutposterNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972
Space opera, about class conflict.
“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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City at World's EndNovel
Edmond Hamiltonstandalone novel1951
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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Pushing IceNovel
Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2005
First contact, about space exploration and aliens, set in spaceship.
DeathworldSeries
series4 books1960
completed
Adventurous in tone.
“The central hero is a gambler who becomes involved with colonists of an extremely hostile planet.”
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West of the SunNovel
Edgar Pangbornstandalone novel1953
Adventurous in tone, about aliens.
“West of the Sun ... on the dangerous planet Lucifer.”
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