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EvaNovel
Peter Dickinsonstandalone novel1988
Emotional in tone, about coming of age.
GreybeardNovel
Brian W. Aldissstandalone novel1964
Bittersweet and reflective in tone.
“Long after a catastrophe that has sterilized humans and most other mammals, the 54-year-old protagonists—Greybeard and Martha—take a tour of entropic England.”
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The AdjacentNovel
Christopher Prieststandalone novel2013
Time travel, about war.
“In the near future, Tibor Tarent, a freelance photographer, is recalled from Anatolia to Britain when his wife, an aid worker, is killed--annihilated by a terrifying weapon that reduces its target to a triangular patch of scorched earth.”
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Amnesia MoonNovel
Jonathan Lethemstandalone novel1995
Eerie in tone.
“Lethem adapted the novel from several unpublished short stories he had written, all about catastrophic, apocalyptic events.”
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GnomonNovel
Nick Harkawaystandalone novel2017
Mystery & detective, challenging in tone, about surveillance and totalitarianism.
“A detective investigates a murder through unconventional methods that leads to questions about her society's very nature.”
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PastworldNovel
Ian Beckstandalone novel2009
Mystery & detective, tense in tone, about murder investigation, set in big city.
“What if all of London were really an amusement park—a whole city returned to Victorian times to entertain visitors from the twenty-first century?”
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