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Oxford Time TravelSeries
series6 books1982
About survival, set in british isles and europe.
“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
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KindredNovel
Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel1979
Historical fiction, about slavery and race and racism, set in 19th century.
“Widely popular, it has frequently been chosen as a text by community-wide reading programs and book organizations, and for high school and college courses.”
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Farnham's FreeholdNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1964
Post-apocalyptic, about survival and race and racism, set in near future.
Time and AgainSeries
series2 books1970
completed
Mysterious in tone.
“Commercial artist Si Morley is recruited into a secretive government project testing whether self-hypnosis, combined with a recreated slice of 1880s Manhattan, can send someone back in time.”
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The Heads of CerberusNovel
Francis Stevensstandalone novel1919
Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in our world.
A Century of ProgressNovel
Fred Saberhagenstandalone novel1983
Alternate history, about war, set in our world.
“For centuries two meg-powers from the future have been waging war for control of timelines of history.”
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