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Thomas M. Disch

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Premise labels used: alien invasion, plant apocalypse, ecological collapse, last survivors, survival struggle, resource scarcity, human extinction, monoculture takeover, doomsday scenario, civilization collapse

Setting labels used: rural Midwest, northern Minnesota, post-apocalyptic earth, alien-controlled earth, underground refuge, cave system, planetary catastrophe, futuristic Earth

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Revelations

Paul Antony Jones · 2014 · Extinction Point

A survivor faces the truth behind Earth’s alien makeover as a post-apocalyptic journey reaches its final reveal.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · terraforming · human survival · post-collapse survival · end of the world · mysterious catastrophe · last survivors · alien takeover

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · alien-terraforming · red vegetation · alien world · North America · Alaska · California · Las Vegas · Point Loma · submarine · military base · space station · frozen world

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The Solar War

A.G. Riddle · 2019 · The Long Winter

Earth’s survivors face returning alien forces, internal conflict, and a desperate choice that could save or doom humanity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: human survival · alien invasion · resource scarcity · extinction threat · frozen world · escape to another world · save humanity · post-catastrophe survival

Setting labels: Earth · frozen Earth · post-apocalyptic Earth · space · underground bunker · underground citadel · distant planet · near future · ice age · ruined world

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Distance: 0.1647

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Dawn

Octavia E. Butler · 1987 · Xenogenesis

A lone human survivor wakes aboard an alien ship and must help rebuild Earth under coercive, unsettling conditions.

Why this is here

Premise labels: post apocalypse · alien rescue · forced coexistence · genetic trade · human survival · species hybridization · repopulation · awakening survivors · contact with aliens · second chance

Setting labels: post nuclear war · spacecraft · living ship · planetary resettlement · terraforming · isolated confinement · wilderness survival · far future · Earth · alien habitat · post apocalyptic Earth

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Distance: 0.1750

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Earthside

Dennis E. Taylor · 2023 · Quantum Earth

After Earth’s collapse, a frontier colony faces winter, refugees, and factional conflict across alternate worlds.

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Premise labels: alternate Earth · post-apocalyptic survival · new colony · refugee influx · resource strain · governance struggle · civilization collapse

Setting labels: alternate Earth · parallel worlds · post-Yellowstone apocalypse · frontier colony · winter approaching · collapsed civilization · multiverse

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Distance: 0.1783

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Dark Inside

Jeyn Roberts · 2011 · Dark Inside

After world-shaking earthquakes, four teens race to survive as ordinary people become murderous, rage-filled hunters.

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Premise labels: apocalyptic outbreak · survival · mass panic · humanity turns violent · moral collapse · fight to stay alive · hidden evil · infected humans · social breakdown · end times

Setting labels: contemporary · apocalypse onset · Earth · North America · United States · Canada · Seattle · Vancouver · small town · cities · rural areas · post-earthquake devastation · collapsed society

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Distance: 0.1784

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The Infinite Sea

Rick Yancey · 2014 · The 5th Wave

After an alien assault, Cassie and other survivors face mistrust, shifting loyalties, and a dangerous new phase of the war.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · human survival · end of the world · trust collapse · human resistance · extermination threat · hidden enemy

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · abandoned hotel · military camp · alien invasion · near-future · collapsed civilization

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Distance: 0.1789

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The Broken Earth Trilogy

N.K. Jemisin · 2015 · The Broken Earth

In a shattered future Earth, an outcast mother searches for her lost daughter amid cataclysm, power, and betrayal.

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Premise labels: apocalypse · survival · environmental catastrophe · oppressed power users · geological magic · social collapse · recurring disaster · world-ending crisis · resource conflict · collective survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · single continent · future Earth · cataclysmic seasons · geologically unstable world · nonhuman beings · ancient civilization · far future · low-tech survival · broken world

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Distance: 0.1793

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There Will Be Dragons

John Ringo · 2006 · The Council Wars

When a hyper-advanced utopia collapses overnight, one smith in a surviving village becomes key to rebuilding and defending civilization.

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Premise labels: utopia collapse · civilization fall · survival after collapse · rebuilding society · resource scarcity · tech failure · post-singularity collapse · cultural regression · power struggle · civil war

Setting labels: far future · post-technological · preindustrial world · collapsed civilization · utopian future · Earth · small village · wilderness · medievalized future

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In the After

Demitria Lunetta · 2013 · In the After

A teen survivor and a silent toddler navigate a silent, monster-filled world, then uncover dangerous secrets in a refuge.

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Premise labels: survival · alien invasion · monster attack · post-collapse society · protective caregiving · safe haven with secrets · human survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · isolated house · walled compound · survivor settlement · controlled community · daylight danger · silent survival

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Distance: 0.1846

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Sunrise

Mike Mullin · 2014 · Ashfall

After a supervolcano, Alex and Darla race to build a defendable community before winter, war, and human cruelty finish them off.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · community rebuilding · resource scarcity · civilization collapse · local power struggle · leadership under pressure · homestead building · defensible settlement · survival against humans · survival against environment · hope after disaster

Setting labels: post-Yellowstone eruption · ash winter · Midwest · Illinois · rural farm · small town · collapsed society · post-apocalyptic America · winter survival · war zone

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Distance: 0.1852

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The Killing Star

Charles Pellegrino, George Zebrowski · 1995

An unknown alien civilization launches a devastating first strike across the solar system, leaving scattered human survivors to endure.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · first contact paranoia · solar system apocalypse · human extinction · survivors of catastrophe · preemptive strike · existential threat · civilization collapse · dark forest

Setting labels: near future · late 21st century · solar system · Earth · space habitats · space stations · submarine · subsurface ocean · deep space · post-catastrophe wasteland · ghost planet · hard SF future · colonized solar system

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Distance: 0.1856

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The Breakers Series #1-3

Edward W. Robertson · 2013 · Breakers

A pandemic-ravaged Earth faces a second threat from alien invaders as survivors fight, adapt, and resist.

Why this is here

Premise labels: double apocalypse · pandemic survival · alien invasion · human survival · post-collapse resistance · ordinary people · multiple storylines · survivor groups

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · ruined America · New York · Los Angeles · upstate Idaho · Redding, California · Catalina Island · dystopian future · worldwide collapse · survivalist wilderness · ruins of cities

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Distance: 0.1870

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