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series3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
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The Black CloudNovel

Fred Hoylestandalone novel1957

Hard science fiction, set in british isles.

The Kraken WakesNovel

John Wyndhamstandalone novel1953

Alien invasion, dark in tone, about war, set in at sea.

“Earth's life is disrupted by the attacks of extraterrestrials whose war machines, emerging from the depths of the oceans, seem indestructible.”
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The Puppet MastersNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1951

Alien invasion, set in north america.

“Parasitical aliens attach themselves to human hosts and take over their bodies.”
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I Am LegendNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Post-apocalyptic and horror, about vampires and last of their kind.

“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

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.”
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includes The War of the Worlds

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