Series

The Century Next Door

John Barnes · 4 novels · 1991–2002

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Genre
Theme
Place
Time
- near future
- far future
Tone
Audience
- adult
Form
- first person
- nonlinear narrative

Reading order

The order the books came out.

Best read in the order they were published.

Omnibus editions(1 edition)

Map

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Stats

By decade

1990s2
2000s2

Shape

4 novels

1 author

reads like:science fiction space colonization our world near future tense adult

Mood

Grim and intense: 75% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.

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