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The Puppet MastersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1951
Alien invasion, about survival.
“Parasitical aliens attach themselves to human hosts and take over their bodies.”
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A Report from Group 17Novel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1972
Thriller & suspense and dystopia, about war.
“Set in Washington, D.C., during the Cold War, the story deals particularly with the danger of developing bioweapons.”
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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic and horror, about vampires and survival.
“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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The World Jones MadeNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1956
Dystopia and post-apocalyptic, about psychic powers, set in near future.
“The mutant Floyd Jones, who can see into the future, plans to overthrow the system and colonise space.”
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The Midwich CuckoosNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1957
Eerie in tone, about parenthood, set in british isles and small town.
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia, about totalitarianism and gender and society, set in 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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