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The Great Filter

Event chronology testing species survival against an absolute extinction threshold, imposing extreme macro stakes.

The thrill of facing an absolute extinction threshold, where the survival of an entire species hangs in the balance against cosmic odds. It's the profound weight of macro stakes, the ultimate test of existence.

Books

The Kill OrderJames Dashner
The Poison BeltArthur Conan Doyle
EvolutionStephen Baxter
The Andromeda EvolutionDaniel H. Wilson
The Atlantis GeneA. G. Riddle
The End of OctoberLawrence Wright
EarthDavid Brin
The Game-Players of TitanPhilip K. Dick
OblivionAnthony Horowitz
CachalotAlan Dean Foster
SunriseMike Mullin
Sixty Days and CountingKim Stanley Robinson
MoonfallJack McDevitt
MoonseedStephen Baxter
Mars LifeBen Bova
The Atlantis WorldA. G. Riddle
RelicAlan Dean Foster
Name of a ShadowAnn Maxwell
Perihelion SummerGreg Egan
Rebels of GorJohn Norman
Aliens: GenocideDavid Bischoff
Fish TailsSheri S. Tepper
Death WaveBen Bova
Guardians of the PhoenixEric Brown
One in Three HundredJ. T. McIntosh
Latitude ZeroJames Axler
The Solar WarA. G. Riddle
Cretaceous seaWill Hubbell
Steel GodsRichard Swan
The Ice LionKathleen O'Neal Gear
The year of the angry rabbitRussell Braddon
Shield of Sea and SpaceErin Hoffman
Men Who Die TwicePeter Heath
The Life LotteryIan Irvine
Red TideD. D. Chapman
The Fatal TreeStephen R. Lawhead
The Twenty-Seventh DayJohn Mantley
A Friend of the EarthT. C. Boyle
The EffortClaire Holroyde
GenocidePaul Leonard
Storm HarvestRobert Perry
Manifold: SpaceStephen Baxter
InheritorsAmy Griswold
Dawn of the Planet of the ApesAlexander C. Irvine
Third PathJo Graham
CountdownMichael Atamanov
CaptivesNicholas Sansbury Smith
The Ice GhostKathleen O'Neal Gear

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