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Alas, BabylonNovel

Pat Frankstandalone novel1959

Set in mid 20th century and small town.

“Classic novel of nuclear war and aftermath in rural Florida.”
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The PostmanSeries

series3 books1982

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about survival, set in north america and near future.

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The City, Not Long AfterNovel

Pat Murphystandalone novel1989

About art and artists and plague and pandemic, set in big city.

“Half a generation ago, a gesture in the name of peace turned out to spread plague and disaster.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism and gender and society.

“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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Shade's Children milieuSeries

series2 books1997

Dystopia, dark in tone, about coming of age.

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ReckonersSeries

series6 books2013

Superhero, adventurous in tone.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
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