Books like The War of the Worlds
12 books with a reading profile close to The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Outward-looking and escapist; a moderate read.
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When the World Screamed
Also outward-looking and escapist · 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 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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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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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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The Lost World
Also outward-looking and escapist · 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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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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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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Earth is Room Enough
by Isaac Asimov
narrative, science fiction
This collection of fifteen short stories and two poems focuses on the idea that humanity does not need to colonize the stars to find conflict or wonder.
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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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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 Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Also outward-looking and escapist · narrative, science fiction
The story follows Manuel Garcia O'Kelly-Davis, a computer technician who discovers that the lunar colony’s central computer, Mike, has achieved self-awareness.
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