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The Children of MenNovel
P. D. Jamesstandalone novel1992
Post-apocalyptic, about rebellion and revolution, set in british isles.
“Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
About gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in north america.
“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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The FutureNovel
Naomi Aldermanstandalone novel2023
About ecological collapse.
Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series
series3 books1966
completed
About artificial intelligence.
“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
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Shadrach in the FurnaceNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1976
About identity.
When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
Time travel, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future and british isles.
“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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