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Through Darkest EuropeNovel
Harry Turtledovestandalone novel2018
About faith and religion, set in alternate earth.
The Last ManNovel
Mary Shelleystandalone novel1826
Post-apocalyptic, about last of their kind and plague and pandemic, set in far future.
“The narrative concerns Europe in the late 21st century, ravaged by the rise of a bubonic plague pandemic that rapidly sweeps across the entire globe, ultimately resulting in the near-extinction of humanity.”
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The Yiddish Policemen's UnionNovel
Michael Chabonstandalone novel2007
Mystery & detective and noir, about murder investigation, set in north america.
“Michael Chabon's Hugo- and Nebula-winning noir, told as hardboiled alternate history.”
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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, set in far future and other star systems.
“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
Gravity's RainbowNovel
Thomas Pynchonstandalone novel1973
Literary & general and postmodern, about war, set in early 20th century.
“The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military.”
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TritonNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1976
About gender and society, set in other star systems and far future.