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Ann Liangstandalone novel2024

Set in east asia.

series6 books1955

completed

Humor and satire, funny in tone, set in mid 20th century.

“The 1955 novel uses Fenwick's mismatched ambitions to poke fun at Cold War politics and the nuclear arms race, and Wibberley kept the joke going across four more novels into the 1970s.”
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Start with The Mouse That Roared →

Roma EternaSeries

series11 books1989

Alternate history, set in alternate earth.

“Robert Silverberg's Roma Eterna imagines an alternate history in which the Roman Empire never fell and endures into the present day, tracing its long, uneven survival through a sequence of pivotal moments across two millennia.”
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Start with Tales from the Venia Woods →

Gravity's RainbowNovel

Thomas Pynchonstandalone novel1973

Postmodern, challenging in tone, set in europe and early 20th century.

“The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military.”
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The Baroque CycleSeries

series11 books2003

Set in europe and renaissance and early modern.

“The sciences of cryptology and numismatics feature heavily in the series, as they do in some of Stephenson's other works.”
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Start with Quicksilver →

Ancient EgyptianSeries

series9 books1993

Adventurous in tone, set in middle east.

Start with River God →

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