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Twilight ZoneUniverse
universe40 books1960
Science fiction, set in our world.
“Picture, if you will, an ordinary person on an ordinary afternoon: a tired salesman, a frightened child, a man who wants only to be left alone.”
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includes Twilight Zone Collections, Twilight Zone Scripts (Richard Matheson), Twilight Zone Anthologies, Twilight Zone Scripts (Rod Serling), The Twilight Zone Novels, Twilight Zone Doubles
Eye in the SkyNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1957
Challenging in tone, about madness, set in north america.
“Eight visitors touring a particle-accelerator facility are caught in a catastrophic malfunction, a collapsing platform, a burst of radiation, that leaves them all unconscious.”
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The Body SnatchersNovel
Jack Finneystandalone novel1955
Tense in tone, set in north america and small town.
The Purple CloudNovel
M. P. Shielstandalone novel1901
Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about last of their kind, set in early 20th century.
Conjure WifeNovel
Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1943
Psychological horror, about witches and gender and society, set in north america.
“Under the rational overlay of 20th-century civilization this sickly growth, uncultivated, unsuspected, still manages to propagate itself.”
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QuicksandNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1967
Tense in tone, set in british isles.