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FootfallNovel
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985
Alien invasion and first contact, about aliens and war.
“When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”
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Gemini GameNovel
Michael Scottstandalone novel1993
Thriller & suspense.
“When players of their virtual reality computer game fall into a coma, Liz and BJ O'Connor, teenage owners of a computer games company, flee from the police in an attempt to locate a copy of their game and correct the programming.”
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TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.
“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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The Silver CrownNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1968
Science fiction, tense in tone, about coming of age and survival, set in our world and contemporary.
“The Silver Crown is a children's science-fiction book by Robert C. O'Brien.”
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Z for ZachariahNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975
Post-apocalyptic, about loneliness, set in near future and north america.
“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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Space DemonsSeries
series4 books1986
Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in our world and contemporary.
“Gillian Rubinstein's Space Demons follows a group of Australian schoolkids drawn into a mysterious video game that starts pulling them physically into its world, with consequences that follow them home.”
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