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  • Cover of Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
    Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

    series · 9 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction, set in near future.

    “Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”

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    Start with The Man in the High Castle →

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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    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 →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of Final Blackout
    Final BlackoutNovel

    L. Ron Hubbard · standalone novel · 1948

    Dystopia and war & military, set in british isles.

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  • Cover of World War Z
    World War ZSeries

    series · 3 books · 2006

    Zombie horror, about plague and pandemic, set in contemporary.

    Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

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  • Cover of Night
    NightUniverse

    universe · 134 books · 2006

    Set in contemporary.

    “Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”

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    Start with Broken Lands →

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    includes Rot & Ruin, Joe Ledger, Dead of Night (Maberry), Pine Deep, The Sam Hunter Case Files, Joe Ledger / Rot and Ruin

  • Cover of The Kraken Wakes
    The Kraken WakesNovel

    John Wyndham · standalone novel · 1953

    Alien invasion, about aliens, set in mid 20th century and at sea.

    “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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