Books like Alas, Babylon
12 books with a reading profile close to Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. Outward-looking; an easy read.
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1
The Invisible Man
by Len Jenkin, Herbert George Wells
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
In this stage adaptation of the H.G.
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The Currents of Space
by Isaac Asimov
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Technical analyst Rikare has forgotten his identity after a mental wipe, leaving him a confused laborer on the planet Florina.
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3
Planet of the Apes
narrative, science fiction
Journalist Ulysse Mérou travels to the star Betelgeuse with a small crew and lands on a world where the biological roles of primates and humans are reversed.
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4
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham, Marcel Battin
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Bill Masen wakes in a London hospital with his eyes bandaged, missing a spectacular celestial display that has blinded almost everyone on Earth.
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5
Nightfall
by Isaac Asimov
narrative, science fiction
On the planet Kalgash, six suns provide perpetual daylight, ensuring that the concept of darkness is unknown to its inhabitants.
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6
The Chrysalids
by John Wyndham
narrative, science fiction
Set in the post-apocalyptic settlement of Waknuk, the story follows David Strorm, a boy raised in a rigid fundamentalist society that pathologically fears genetic mutation.
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H.G. Wells
narrative, science fiction
Edward Prendick survives a shipwreck in the South Pacific and finds himself stranded on a remote volcanic island.
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8
The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells
narrative, science fiction
Griffin, a brilliant but mentally unstable scientist, arrives at a quiet village wrapped in bandages and hiding behind dark spectacles.
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9
On the Beach
by Nevil Shute
narrative, science fiction
Set in the aftermath of a global nuclear war, the story follows a group of people in Melbourne, Australia, as they await the arrival of a lethal radioactive cloud.
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10
Starship Troopers
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Juan Rico enlists in the Mobile Infantry to earn his right to vote in a global society where full citizenship requires a term of federal service.
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From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules Verne
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, bored ballistics experts from the Baltimore Gun Club find themselves without a conflict to fuel their technical ambitions.
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12
When the World Screamed
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Professor Challenger posits that the Earth is a living organism, a colossal echinoderm with a sensitive cortex protected by the planetary crust.
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