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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, tense in tone, set in north america.
“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
Mortal EnginesUniverse
universe14 books2001
Steampunk.
“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mortal Engines →
includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang
The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Space opera, about revenge and identity, set in space.
The Ice SchoonerNovel
Michael Moorcockstandalone novel1969
Grimdark, set in secondary world and at sea.
Riddley WalkerNovel
Russell Hobanstandalone novel1980
About coming of age, set in our world and british isles.
“WorldCat: Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road.”
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Terminal WorldNovel
Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2010
Space opera, set in secondary world.