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Damnation AlleyNovel
Roger Zelaznystandalone novel1969
Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, adventurous in tone, about survival, set in north america and near future.
“A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1977.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, about aliens and space exploration.
“One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”
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FridayNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1982
About identity and race and racism.
“Artificial humans are widely resented, and much of the story deals with Friday's struggle both against prejudice and to conceal her enhanced attributes from other humans.”
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Z for ZachariahNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975
About loneliness, set in our world and countryside & village.
“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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EarthseedSeries
series7 books1993
Dystopia, dark in tone, about faith and religion.
“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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The FiremanNovel
Joe Hillstandalone novel2016
Dark in tone, about plague and pandemic and found family, set in our world.