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  • Cover of The Kraken Wakes
    The Kraken WakesNovel

    John Wyndham · standalone novel · 1953

    Alien invasion, about aliens and survival.

    “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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  • Cover of I Am Legend
    I Am LegendNovel

    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1954

    Post-apocalyptic and horror, about vampires and survival.

    “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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  • Cover of The Death of Grass
    The Death of GrassNovel

    John Christopher · standalone novel · 1956

    Post-apocalyptic, about plague and pandemic and survival.

    “The plot concerns a virus that kills off grass species, including rice and wheat.”

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  • Cover of The Black Cloud
    The Black CloudNovel

    Fred Hoyle · standalone novel · 1957

    Hard science fiction, about aliens and survival, set in british isles.

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  • Cover of The Echo Wife
    The Echo WifeNovel

    Sarah Gailey · standalone novel · 2021

    Psychological thriller, about cloning and identity, set in near future.

    “When Martine kills Nathan in self-defense, Evelyn must assist in covering up the murder.”

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  • Cover of Slave Ship
    Slave ShipNovel

    Frederik Pohl · standalone novel · 1957

    About psychic powers and war.

    “The scene is a world in the throes of a low-intensity global war, which appears to be an amplified representation of the Vietnam War, in which the U.S. was just beginning to be involved.”

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