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Forge of GodSeries
series2 books1987
completed
About survival.
“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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The Killing StarNovel
George Zebrowski & Charles Pellegrinostandalone novel1995
Hard science fiction and alien invasion, about survival, set in near future.
ArmorNovel
John Steakleystandalone novel1984
Military science fiction, about madness and war, set in far future.
DreamcatcherNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2001
Alien invasion, about survival and friendship, set in contemporary.
“According to the author in his afterword, the working title was Cancer.”
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The Midwich CuckoosNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1957
About parenthood, set in british isles and mid 20th century.
The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, about political intrigue and survival, set in far future.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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