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series2 books1969

Tense in tone, about plague and pandemic and survival.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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ChockySeries

series2 books1968

Mysterious in tone.

“The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967.”
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The WandererNovel

Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1964

Tense in tone, about survival, set in space.

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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includes The War of the Worlds

FootfallNovel

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985

Alien invasion, tense in tone, about survival and war.

“When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”
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ContactNovel

Carl Saganstandalone novel1985

Hard science fiction, reflective in tone, about space exploration and faith and religion.

“The Message, awaited for so long, its very possibility doubted by so many, arrives.”
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