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  • Cover of Hello America
    Hello AmericaNovel

    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1981

    About expeditions, set in north america and desert.

    “The plot follows an expedition to a North America rendered uninhabitable by an ecological disaster following an energy crisis.”

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  • Cover of Dark Is the Sun
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    Philip José Farmer · standalone novel · 1979

    Dark in tone.

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  • Cover of City at World's End
    City at World's EndNovel

    Edmond Hamilton · standalone novel · 1951

    Dark 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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  • Cover of Mortal Engines Universe
    Mortal EnginesUniverse

    universe · 14 books · 2001

    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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  • Cover of Tunnel in the Sky
    Tunnel in the SkyNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1955

    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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  • Cover of Mara and Dann
    Mara and DannSeries

    series · 2 books · 1999

    completed

    About coming of age.

    “Told to forget their real names forever or be killed, the brother and sister live for years among the primitive Rock People, taken in by one of their own kind but always outcasts.”

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