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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse
universe65 books1898
Alien invasion.
“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue
Start with The War of the Worlds →
includes The War of the Worlds
Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries
series9 books1962
completed
Science fiction, set in near future.
“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Man in the High Castle →
Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
Cyberpunk, about robots and identity, set in big city.
“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue
Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →
Space MerchantsSeries
series2 books1953
completed
Dystopia, about class conflict, set in venus & inner planets.
“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Space Merchants →
TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.
“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue
Start with When the Tripods Came →
Forge of GodSeries
series2 books1987
completed
About aliens and survival.
“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Forge of God →