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Bring the JubileeNovel
Ward Moorestandalone novel1953
Time travel, about war.
“Like most Northerners, Hodge was poor - but he had ambition.”
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The Years of Rice and SaltNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2002
Historical fiction, about reincarnation and plague and pandemic, set in our world.
“What if the Black Death had killed nearly everyone in Europe instead of a third of it?”
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PastwatchSeries
series2 books1996
Time travel, set in renaissance and early modern and europe.
“Much of the action deals with a group of scientists from the future who travel back to the 15th century in order to change the pattern of European contact with the Americas.”
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This ImmortalSeries
series2 books1966
Post-apocalyptic, about immortality, set in our world and far future.
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Downward to the EarthNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
About aliens and redemption, set in other star systems and far future.
“On his return, he feels a new sense of kinship with the natives, perhaps more than for the Terran tourists.”
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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in near future.