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series3 books2009

Steampunk, adventurous in tone, set in early 20th century.

“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
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Ring of Fire (1632)Universe

universe687 books2000

Alternate history, set in europe.

“Somewhere in the spring of 1631, the sky over a stretch of Thuringian farmland cracks open, and when it closes a piece of the year 2000 is sitting in the middle of the Thirty Years' War.”
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includes Queen of the Sea / The Alexander Inheritance, Assiti Shards Universe Novels, Time Spike

Gravity's RainbowNovel

Thomas Pynchonstandalone novel1973

Literary & general and postmodern, challenging in tone, set in 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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Axis of TimeSeries

series7 books2004

Military science fiction, tense in tone, set in mid 20th century.

“Thousands died in the chaos, but the ripples had only begun.”
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The Last ManNovel

Mary Shelleystandalone novel1826

Post-apocalyptic, about last of their kind and plague and pandemic, set in far future.

“The narrative concerns Europe in the late 21st century, ravaged by the rise of a bubonic plague pandemic that rapidly sweeps across the entire globe, ultimately resulting in the near-extinction of humanity.”
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The AlterationNovel

Kingsley Amisstandalone novel1976

About faith and religion, set in alternate earth and renaissance and early modern.

“The Reformation does not take place, Martin Luther becomes pope, Italy never unites…”
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