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universe5 books2008

About survival, 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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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

When the Sleeper WakesNovel

H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899

Time travel, about political intrigue, set in our world and british isles.

“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

About identity, set in our world.

“Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

About gender and society, set in north america and near future.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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Beyond This HorizonNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1948

Reflective in tone, about genetic engineering, set in our world and north america.

“For centuries, disease, hunger, poverty, and war have been things found only in the history tapes.”
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To the Stars (Harrison)Series

series3 books1980

completed

Set in other star systems.

“One of the elite stumbles onto the knowledge that news and opinions are being carefully managed to whitewash the situation, which leads him to throw his lot in with those who oppose it.”
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