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The Windup UniverseSeries
series3 books2005
Dystopia, dark in tone, about ecological collapse, set in southeast asia.
Start with The Calorie Man →
DarwinSeries
series2 books1999
completed
Hard science fiction, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.
“Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague.”
from the catalogue
Start with Darwin's Radio →
SevenevesNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel2015
Hard science fiction, about space colonization and survival, set in space.
Beyond This HorizonNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1948
Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future and north america.
“For centuries, disease, hunger, poverty, and war have been things found only in the history tapes.”
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SlanSeries
series2 books1946
Science fiction, set in our world.
“The two novels together bracket a single continuing narrative rather than an ongoing series.”
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Start with Slan →
ColonyNovel
Ben Bovastandalone novel1978
Dystopia, about space colonization and survival, set in space station.
“Bova later folded both novels together into the omnibus The Kinsman Saga.”
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