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Riddley WalkerNovel
Russell Hobanstandalone novel1980
Dark and challenging in tone, about coming of age, set in 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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Dark Is the SunNovel
Philip José Farmerstandalone novel1979
Dark in tone.
The DroughtNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1964
Dark in tone, set in big city.
“Dr. Charles Ransom watches his world dry up along with his marriage: an industrial film has coated the oceans, evaporation has stalled, and rivers, lakes and reservoirs are shrinking into cracked mud across the globe.”
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The TriffidsSeries
series3 books1951
Dark in tone, set in british isles.
“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Horror, about vampires and last of their kind, set in mid 20th century.
“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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City at World's EndNovel
Edmond Hamiltonstandalone novel1951
Dark and tense in tone, set in north america and small town.
“Cut off from everything and everyone they knew, the townspeople have to find a way to survive in a world that has nothing left to spare for latecomers.”
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