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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of Axis of Time
    Axis of TimeSeries

    series · 7 books · 2004

    Military science fiction, set in mid 20th century.

    “Thousands died in the chaos, but the ripples had only begun.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Weapons of Choice →

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  • Cover of Ring of Fire (1632)
    Ring of Fire (1632)Universe

    universe · 687 books · 2000

    Set in europe.

    “Somewhere in the spring of 1631, the sky over a stretch of Thuringian farmland cracks open, and when it closes a piece of the year 2000 is sitting in the middle of the Thirty Years' War.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with 1632 →

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    includes Queen of the Sea / The Alexander Inheritance, Assiti Shards Universe Novels, Time Spike

  • Cover of Eden (Harry Harrison)
    Eden (Harry Harrison)Series

    series · 5 books · 1984

    completed

    About survival and aliens, set in prehistoric.

    “Harry Harrison's Eden trilogy imagines an Earth where the dinosaurs never died out, evolving instead into the Yilane, a technologically advanced reptilian civilization that shares the planet uneasily with early humans.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with West of Eden →

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  • Cover of The Leviathan Trilogy
    The Leviathan TrilogySeries

    series · 3 books · 2009

    Steampunk, adventurous in tone, set in early 20th century.

    “Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Leviathan →

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  • Cover of Crosstime Traffic
    Crosstime TrafficSeries

    series · 6 books · 2003

    Alternate history and science fiction, set in alternate earth.

    “Harry Turtledove's Crosstime Traffic novels are set on an Earth that has discovered travel to alternate timelines where history unfolded differently, exploited commercially by the monopoly company that gives the series its name.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gunpowder Empire →

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