Books like The Kraken Wakes
12 books with a reading profile close to The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules Verne
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · 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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The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
The narrative follows an unnamed protagonist in Surrey as massive metallic cylinders land across the English countryside.
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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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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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5
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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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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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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The Lost World
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, science fiction
Journalist Edward Malone joins an expedition led by the volatile Professor Challenger to a remote South American plateau.
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9
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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10
Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Randy Bragg lives a quiet life in Fort Repose, Florida, until his brother, an intelligence officer, warns him that nuclear war is imminent.
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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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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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