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universe65 books1898

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 →

includes The War of the Worlds

Thursday NextSeries

series8 books2001

Funny and whimsical in tone, about books and reading, set in contemporary.

“Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels follow a literary detective in an alternate England who can jump physically into the world of books to solve crimes against literature itself.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Eyre Affair →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue

Start with Foundation →

includes The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation, The Positronic Robot Stories, Trantorian Empire, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)

Alas, BabylonNovel

Pat Frankstandalone novel1959

Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in north america and mid 20th century.

“Classic novel of nuclear war and aftermath in rural Florida.”
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Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with DeathNovel

Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1969

Literary & general, about war, set in mid 20th century.

“Vonnegut opens in his own voice, describing the twenty years it took him to face writing about surviving the firebombing of Dresden as a POW.”
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The Lathe of HeavenNovel

Ursula K. Le Guinstandalone novel1971

About psychic powers, set in our world and near future.

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