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Earth AbidesNovel
George R. Stewartstandalone novel1949
Post-apocalyptic, about plague and pandemic and ecological collapse, set in north america.
“Set in the 1940s in Berkeley, California, the story is told by Isherwood Williams, who emerges from isolation in the mountains to find almost everyone dead. en.wikipedia.org”
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Saint LeibowitzSeries
series6 books1955
completed
Post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion, set in far future and north america.
“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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AntarcticaNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel1997
About ecological collapse, set in arctic & antarctica and near future.
GreybeardNovel
Brian W. Aldissstandalone novel1964
Post-apocalyptic, about grief and loss, set in near future and british isles.
“Long after a catastrophe that has sterilized humans and most other mammals, the 54-year-old protagonists—Greybeard and Martha—take a tour of entropic England.”
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Station ElevenNovel
Emily St. John Mandelstandalone novel2014
Post-apocalyptic, about art and artists, set in north america and near future.
“One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear.”
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The Shrinking ManNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1956
Dark in tone, about identity and loneliness, set in north america.