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series6 books1985

Science fiction, set in north america.

“Orson Scott Card's Folk of the Fringe stories follow small communities of Mormon survivors rebuilding after a devastating nuclear war has reduced America to scattered, struggling settlements.”
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Our Children's ChildrenNovel

Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1974

Science fiction and time travel, about aliens and survival.

“By means of one-way time tunnels, they fled the ravening beasts with teeth, claws and tentacles, that reproduced like bacteria and were intelligent.”
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Saint LeibowitzSeries

series6 books1955

completed

Science fiction, set in far future and north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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EarthseedSeries

series7 books1993

Science fiction, about survival, set in north america and near future.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
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GoneSeries

series9 books2008

Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival.

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
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Restoration SeriesSeries

series4 books2005

Tense in tone, about survival, set in north america and near future.

“What if America suddenly lost all its electrical power, its communications, its transportation, its financial system, its government leadership, and its media?”
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Start with Last Light →

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