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Dinosaur SummerNovel
Greg Bearstandalone novel1998
About expeditions and survival, set in latin america and lost world.
“Less than fifty years after Professor Challenger's famed journey to the Lost World, America's last dinosaur circus is closing down... but the adventure of a lifetime is about to begin.”
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Secrets of the NineSeries
series5 books1969
Dark in tone, set in our world and mid 20th century.
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Cat's CradleNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1963
Satire and postmodern, about nanotechnology and faith and religion.
I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic and horror, about vampires and survival.
“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 Kraken WakesNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1953
Alien invasion, tense in tone, about aliens and survival.
“Earth's life is disrupted by the attacks of extraterrestrials whose war machines, emerging from the depths of the oceans, seem indestructible.”
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AirmanNovel
Eoin Colferstandalone novel2008
Historical fiction, about survival and coming of age, set in 19th century.