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series11 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

William Goldingstandalone novel1954

Dark in tone, about survival, set in islands and mid 20th century.

“The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that lead to a descent into savagery.”
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After Such KnowledgeSeries

series7 books1953

completed

“After Such Knowledge is James Blish's loosely linked trilogy on the costs of forbidden or dangerous knowledge.”
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HerlandSeries

series2 books1915

completed

Reflective in tone, about gender and society and colonialism, set in early 20th century.

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Mother NightNovel

Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1962

About identity and war, set in mid 20th century and europe.

“Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American playwright who grew up in Germany, writes his memoirs from an Israeli prison cell awaiting trial for war crimes.”
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The Mouse That RoaredSeries

series6 books1955

completed

Humor and satire, funny in tone, set in mid 20th century.

“The 1955 novel uses Fenwick's mismatched ambitions to poke fun at Cold War politics and the nuclear arms race, and Wibberley kept the joke going across four more novels into the 1970s.”
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