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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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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

CavorSeries

series2 books1901

Adventurous in tone, about space exploration, set in the moon.

“H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”
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Start with The First Men in the Moon →

Cosmic Trilogy (C. S. Lewis)Series

series4 books1938

completed

About faith and religion and aliens, set in other star systems.

Start with Out of the Silent Planet →

Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with DeathNovel

Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1969

Literary & general, about war, set in mid 20th century.

“Vonnegut opens in his own voice, describing the twenty years it took him to face writing about surviving the firebombing of Dresden as a POW.”
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In the Days of the CometNovel

H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1906

Hopeful and reflective in tone, set in our world.

Oxford Time TravelSeries

series6 books1982

Time travel, tense in tone, set in british isles and europe.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
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Start with Fire Watch →

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