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City at World's EndNovel
Edmond Hamiltonstandalone novel1951
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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PandoraSeries
series4 books1966
Set in other star systems.
“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
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Start with Destination: Void →
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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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, 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.”
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Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
Riddley WalkerNovel
Russell Hobanstandalone novel1980
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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RobopocalypseSeries
series3 books2011
About robots and war, set in near future.
“Told in a present-tense, techno-thriller style compared to Michael Crichton's work, the New York Times bestseller continues in the sequel Robogenesis, which follows the aftermath of the robot uprising.”
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Start with Robopocalypse →