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universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic and steampunk.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
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includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang

TimelineNovel

Michael Crichtonstandalone novel1999

Tense in tone, about expeditions, set in europe.

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.”
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Oxford Time TravelSeries

series6 books1982

Tense in tone, set in europe.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
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Tunnel in the SkyNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955

Tense in tone, about space exploration, set in other star systems.

“As the final test of a survivalist/explorer class, teenagers are dumped on an alien planet to use their skills while awaiting pickup.”
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Starship TroopersNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959

Military science fiction, set in space and other star systems.

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