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series3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, 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 FiremanNovel

Joe Hillstandalone novel2016

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about found family, set in north america.

Alternate PurposeNovel

Christopher Coatesstandalone novel2019

Time travel and post-apocalyptic.

“Facing a rebuilding time of generations, two scientists come up with a solution: send someone back in time to prevent the horrible accident that released the deadly pathogen on the world.”
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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.”
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includes The War of the Worlds

DarwinSeries

series2 books1999

completed

Hard science fiction, about genetic engineering, set in north america.

“Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague.”
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The Lathe of HeavenNovel

Ursula K. Le Guinstandalone novel1971

Dystopia, eerie in tone, about psychic powers, set in big city.

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