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Mortal EnginesUniverse
universe14 books2001
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mortal Engines →
includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang
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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New MagicSeries
series4 books1985
About quests.
“Convinced that a new age of magic is about to begin in the wake of the nuclear holocaust, a young resurrected Merlin and two friends set out to bring King Arthur back to the land.”
from the catalogue
Start with Winter of Magic's Return →
The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries
series9 books1987
About psychic powers, set in secondary world.
“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue
Start with Obernewtyn →
Wild JackNovel
John Christopherstandalone novel1974
Dystopia, about class conflict.
“When Clive is falsely accused of questioning the status quo, he is sent off to a brutal prison island.”
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Farmer in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1950
Hard science fiction, about space colonization, set in outer planets & moons.
“A family emigrates to the new colony on Ganymede, but the existing colonists do not have the resources to support a flood of immigrants.”
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