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The Andromeda StrainSeries
series2 books1969
About plague and pandemic.
“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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FootfallNovel
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985
Alien invasion and first contact, about aliens 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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The WandererNovel
Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1964
About aliens, set in space.
Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Horror, dark in tone, about vampires, set in small town.
“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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Our Children's ChildrenNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1974
Post-apocalyptic, about aliens.
“By means of one-way time tunnels, they fled the ravening beasts with teeth, claws and tentacles, that reproduced like bacteria and were intelligent.”
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The Apocalypse TrollNovel
David Weberstandalone novel1999
Alien invasion, about aliens and war.