The World Set Free by H. G. Wells
The World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is considered a prophetical novel foretelling the advent of nuclear weapons.
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The Last Man by Mary Shelley
The Last Man is an early post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826.
Continue readingAfter London by Richard Jefferies
Jefferies’ novel can be seen as an early example of “post-apocalyptic fiction.” After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life.
Continue readingLord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson
Mr. Benson sees the world, four or five generations hence, free at last from all minor quarrels, and ranged against itself in two camps, Humanitarianism for those who believe in no divinity but that of man, Catholicism for those who believe in no divinity but that of God.
Continue readingThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
The Time Machine is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895, later made into two films of the same title.
Continue readingThe Poison Belt by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Poison Belt is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, the second book about Professor Challenger. Written in 1913.
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n the future world depicted in the novel, Europe has descended into barbarism while an isolationist Western Hemisphere remains sheltered from the destruction.
Continue readingThe Scarlet Plague by Jack London
Known mainly for his tales of adventure, this work of science fiction by Jack London is set in a post-apocalyptic future sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the planet.
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