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The MartianSeries
series2 books2012
Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in mars.
“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
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The PostmanSeries
series3 books1982
Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in near future and north america.
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A Beginning at the EndNovel
Mike Chenstandalone novel2020
Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in near future and north america.
Z for ZachariahNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975
About coming of age and loneliness, set in countryside & village.
“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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Station ElevenNovel
Emily St. John Mandelstandalone novel2014
Literary & general, bittersweet in tone, about art and artists.
“One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear.”
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Where Late the Sweet Birds SangNovel
Kate Wilhelmstandalone novel1976
Dark in tone, about cloning and ecological collapse.