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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic and horror, about vampires and last of their kind.
“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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Earth AbidesNovel
George R. Stewartstandalone novel1949
Post-apocalyptic, about plague and pandemic and ecological collapse.
“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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Where Late the Sweet Birds SangNovel
Kate Wilhelmstandalone novel1976
Post-apocalyptic, about cloning, set in our world and near future.
The Man Who Fell to EarthNovel
Walter Tevisstandalone novel1963
Sad in tone, about aliens, set in our world.
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, tense in tone, set in far future.
“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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Way StationNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1963
First contact, about aliens and space exploration, set in countryside & village.
“The human operator of a transfer station for aliens traveling between planets, kept secret from the human race, deals with discovery by the US government and interplanetary political crisis, as well as his own emotional issues.”
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