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series4 books2014

Weird fiction and horror, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
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AscensionNovel

Nicholas Bingestandalone novel2023

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about expeditions and space exploration.

Under the SkinNovel

Michel Faberstandalone novel2000

Horror, about aliens, set in british isles and countryside & village.

“Set on the coast in north-central Scotland, it traces an alien who, assuming human form, drives around the countryside picking up male hitchhikers whom she drugs and delivers to her home planet.”
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FootfallNovel

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985

Alien invasion and first contact, tense in tone, about aliens.

“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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The Andromeda StrainSeries

series2 books1969

Tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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Our Children's ChildrenNovel

Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1974

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about aliens.

“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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