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William Goldingstandalone novel1954

Literary & general, about coming of age, set in islands.

“The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that lead to a descent into savagery.”
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Blade Runner UniverseSeries

series6 books1968

Cyberpunk, about robots and identity, set in near future.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
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Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

I Am LegendNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Post-apocalyptic and horror, about vampires and last of their kind.

“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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Space MerchantsSeries

series2 books1953

completed

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in near future and venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
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Start with The Space Merchants →

The Kraken WakesNovel

John Wyndhamstandalone novel1953

Alien invasion, about aliens and war, set in at sea.

“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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