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series3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, set in our world and british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
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Start with The Day of the Triffids →

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

series11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
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Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

The Black CloudNovel

Fred Hoylestandalone novel1957

Hard science fiction, about aliens, set in our world and british isles.

The Puppet MastersNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1951

Alien invasion, about aliens, set in north america.

“Parasitical aliens attach themselves to human hosts and take over their bodies.”
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Alas, BabylonNovel

Pat Frankstandalone novel1959

Post-apocalyptic, hopeful in tone, set in north america and small town.

“Classic novel of nuclear war and aftermath in rural Florida.”
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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

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.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

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