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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda StrainSeries

    series · 2 books · 1969

    About plague and pandemic.

    “Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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  • Cover of Silo
    SiloUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 2011

    Set in underground & caves.

    “The world is the Silo: a hundred and forty-four levels of concrete sunk into poisoned earth, and everyone who has ever lived lives in it.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Legacy →

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    includes Silo Archipelago, Silo Saga (various authors), Silo 49, Petition Saga

  • Cover of The Wanderer
    The WandererNovel

    Fritz Leiber · standalone novel · 1964

    About aliens, set in space.

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  • Cover of Patternist
    PatternistSeries

    series · 6 books · 1976

    completed

    Dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

    “The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wild Seed →

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  • Cover of Rats
    RatsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1974

    completed

    Horror, dark in tone, set in british isles and big city.

    “The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Rats →

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