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  • Cover of The Shape of Things to Come
    The Shape of Things to ComeNovel

    H. G. Wells · standalone novel · 1933

    About totalitarianism, set in near future and far future.

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  • Cover of Bring the Jubilee
    Bring the JubileeNovel

    Ward Moore · standalone novel · 1953

    Time travel and alternate history, set in north america and 19th century.

    “Like most Northerners, Hodge was poor - but he had ambition.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Darkness and the Light
    Darkness and the LightNovel

    Olaf Stapledon · standalone novel · 1942

    Set in far future.

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  • Cover of Last Men Universe
    Last MenUniverse

    universe · 21 books · 1930

    Challenging in tone, set in far future.

    “Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Star Maker →

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    includes Last and First Men, Star Maker

  • Cover of Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
    Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with DeathNovel

    Kurt Vonnegut & Jr. · standalone novel · 1969

    Literary & general and time travel, set in mid 20th century.

    “Vonnegut opens in his own voice, describing the twenty years it took him to face writing about surviving the firebombing of Dresden as a POW.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Childhood's End
    Childhood's EndNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

    First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens, set in near future.

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