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The Andromeda StrainSeries
series2 books1969
Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival and plague and pandemic, set in contemporary.
“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and horror, dark in tone, set in our world.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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The SwarmNovel
Arthur Herzogstandalone novel1974
Dark in tone.
“The United States faces an outbreak of offspring of Africanized honeybees, mutated so as to enhance their rapid spread as well as their aggressiveness and lethality.”
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FirestarterNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1980
Dark in tone, about psychic powers and parenthood.
“WorldCat: Innocence and beauty ignite with evil and terror...”
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Under the DomeNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2009
Horror, dark in tone, set in small town.
“A small town in Maine finds itself suddenly cut off from the outside world by an impenetrable barrier, and the clash of personalities of the trapped people takes its inexorable devastating course.”
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The Terminal ManNovel
Michael Crichtonstandalone novel1972
Dark in tone, about artificial intelligence and madness.
“In 1974, it was made into a film of the same name.”
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