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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, 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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Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
Dystopia, about political intrigue and rebellion and revolution, set in our world.
“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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This Perfect DayNovel
Ira Levinstandalone novel1970
Dystopia, about identity and rebellion and revolution, set in our world.
“Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”
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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, about political intrigue.
“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →
includes The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Positronic Robot Stories, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)
City of Endless NightNovel
Milo Hastingsstandalone novel1920
Dystopia, about genetic engineering, set in europe.
“In it's effort to remain independent, Germany has developed a strange cast society based on eugenics.”
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