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Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
About space exploration and coming of age, 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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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.”
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includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang
Battle CircleSeries
series3 books1968
Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, adventurous in tone, about survival, set in far future.
“Originally published separately, the trilogy was later combined into a single volume.”
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The Book of PtathNovel
A. E. van Vogtstandalone novel1947
Science fantasy, about gods.
“Ptath, a very powerful god, is throwing by his deadly rival, the goddess Ineznia, on Earth, around 200,000,000 AD, in the form of a mortal, where he has to face numerous dangers to survive.”
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City at World's EndNovel
Edmond Hamiltonstandalone novel1951
Dark and tense in tone, set in north america and small town.
“Cut off from everything and everyone they knew, the townspeople have to find a way to survive in a world that has nothing left to spare for latecomers.”
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The Wind Whales of IshmaelNovel
Philip José Farmerstandalone novel1971
About last of their kind.
“Ishmael, lone survivor of the doomed whaling ship Pequod, falls through a rift in time and space to a future Earth--an earth that no longer has seas to sail or a safe harbor to call home.”
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