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  • Cover of Have Space Suit - Will Travel
    Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1958

    Space opera, about aliens and space exploration, set in space.

    “One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”

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  • Cover of Z for Zachariah
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    Robert C. O'Brien · standalone novel · 1975

    About coming of age and loneliness, set in countryside & village.

    “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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  • Cover of Maze Runner
    Maze RunnerSeries

    series · 11 books · 2009

    Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

    “A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”

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  • Cover of Farnham's Freehold
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    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1964

    About race and racism.

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    Harry Harrison · standalone novel · 1966

    Dark in tone, about class conflict and ecological collapse.

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    Gordon R. Dickson · standalone novel · 1977

    Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, adventurous and tense in tone, about survival, set in near future and our world.

    “A time storm has devastated the Earth, and only a small fraction of humankind remains.”

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