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The War in the AirNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1908
About political intrigue, set in our world.
H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse
universe65 books1898
Science fiction and 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The War of the Worlds →
includes The War of the Worlds
Mortal EnginesUniverse
universe14 books2001
Post-apocalyptic, adventurous in tone, set in far future.
“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mortal Engines →
includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang
Oxford Time TravelSeries
series6 books1982
Time travel, set in british isles.
“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
from the catalogue
Start with Fire Watch →
The Kraken WakesNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1953
Post-apocalyptic, set in our world and mid 20th century.
“Earth's life is disrupted by the attacks of extraterrestrials whose war machines, emerging from the depths of the oceans, seem indestructible.”
from the catalogue
Duke de RichleauSeries
series4 books1933
completed
Thriller & suspense.
Start with The Forbidden Territory →