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series2 books1999

completed

Hard science fiction, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.

“Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague.”
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Start with Darwin's Radio →

The Windup UniverseSeries

series3 books2005

Dystopia, dark in tone, about ecological collapse, set in southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

PatternistSeries

series6 books1976

completed

Dark in tone.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue

Start with Wild Seed →

ColonyNovel

Ben Bovastandalone novel1978

Dystopia, about space colonization and survival, set in space station.

“Bova later folded both novels together into the omnibus The Kinsman Saga.”
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SevenevesNovel

Neal Stephensonstandalone novel2015

Hard science fiction, about space colonization and survival, set in space.

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender's Shadow, Ender Wiggin, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

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