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Stand on ZanzibarNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1968
About surveillance, set in near future and big city.
Brave New WorldSeries
series8 books1932
Set in otherworld.
“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
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Riddley WalkerNovel
Russell Hobanstandalone novel1980
Post-apocalyptic, about coming of age, set in british isles.
“WorldCat: Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road.”
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The Pure TrilogySeries
series3 books2012
Tense in tone.
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When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
Tense in tone, about political intrigue and rebellion and revolution, set in british isles.
“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in north america.
“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels