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  • Cover of Childhood's End
    Childhood's EndNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

    Bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity, set in our world and near future.

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

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Science fiction and 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.”

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  • Cover of Stranger in a Strange Land
    Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    About faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america and near future.

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  • Cover of Forge of God
    Forge of GodSeries

    series · 2 books · 1987

    completed

    Dark and tense in tone, about survival.

    “Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”

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    Start with The Forge of God →

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  • Cover of Footfall
    FootfallNovel

    Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle · standalone novel · 1985

    Tense in tone, about survival, set in our world and contemporary.

    “When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”

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  • Cover of The High Crusade
    The High CrusadeNovel

    Poul Anderson · standalone novel · 1960

    Adventurous in tone, about war, set in british isles and medieval.

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