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The MartianSeries
series2 books2012
Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in mars.
“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
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TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.
“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →
Z for ZachariahNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975
Post-apocalyptic, about coming of age and loneliness, set in north america.
“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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ColonyNovel
Ben Bovastandalone novel1978
Dystopia, about space colonization and political intrigue.
“Bova later folded both novels together into the omnibus The Kinsman Saga.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens and space exploration.
“One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”
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Shade's Children milieuSeries
series2 books1997
Post-apocalyptic and dystopia, about coming of age and rebellion and revolution.
Start with Shade's Children →