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series3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about survival, set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
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The Black CloudNovel

Fred Hoylestandalone novel1957

Hard science fiction, tense in tone, about aliens and survival.

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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The Man Who Fell to EarthNovel

Walter Tevisstandalone novel1963

Reflective in tone, about aliens and loneliness, set in north america.

Z for ZachariahNovel

Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975

Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in near future.

“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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Eye in the SkyNovel

Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1957

Eerie in tone, about identity and madness, set in north america.

“Eight visitors touring a particle-accelerator facility are caught in a catastrophic malfunction, a collapsing platform, a burst of radiation, that leaves them all unconscious.”
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