Walk the Vanished Earth
Across seven generations, one family is carried from Kansas prairies to flooded cities and Mars as climate collapse reshapes humanity.
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Earthdivers, Vol. 2: Ice Age
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The Terraformers
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Evolution
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The Folk of the Fringe
Linked post-apocalyptic stories follow survivors in a Mormon-led Utah rebuilding civilization after war and collapse.
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The Cyberiad
Two robot constructors roam a strange future universe, solving problems with wildly inventive machines and witty, philosophical fables.
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The Medusa Chronicles
A cyborg explorer lives through centuries of solar-system change as humanity, AI, and Jupiter’s alien life collide.
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