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Twilight ZoneUniverse
universe40 books1960
Science fiction, set in our world.
“Picture, if you will, an ordinary person on an ordinary afternoon: a tired salesman, a frightened child, a man who wants only to be left alone.”
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Start with Stories from the Twilight Zone →
includes Twilight Zone Collections, Twilight Zone Scripts (Richard Matheson), Twilight Zone Scripts (Rod Serling), Twilight Zone Anthologies, The Twilight Zone Novels, Twilight Zone Doubles
I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, 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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The Ghosts of HeavenNovel
Marcus Sedgwickstandalone novel2014
Literary & general and historical fiction, about space colonization and identity.
The Drowned WorldNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1962
Post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse, set in near future and big city.
Southern Reach TrilogySeries
series4 books2014
Weird fiction, set in contemporary.
“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
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Start with Annihilation →
IceNovel
Anna Kavanstandalone novel1967
Literary & general and dystopia, dark in tone, about ecological collapse.
“Ice was Kavan's last work to be published before her death, the first to land her mainstream success, and remains her best-known work.”
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