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I just finished reading "The Taking" by Dean Koontz.
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I just finished reading "The Taking" by Dean Koontz. It was (initially) about an alien invasion in which the invaders are so advanced they simply bend reality to their wills.

Moving themselves or us through walls, corpses get up to do their bidding, our technology only working at their whim, creating storms at will and beginning to replace our biosphere with theirs in hours.

The ending was shit and ruined the mystery and horror of it. Can anyone suggest any books where aliens invade but are so beyond us that they dont need to bother with body snatching and death rays? Where their motives and methods defy comprehension.
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Anonymous 2016-06-10 17:58:18 Post No.8148116
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>>8148093
bump for interest
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Anonymous 2016-06-10 21:44:57 Post No.8148831
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Anonymous 2016-06-10 21:44:57 Post No.8148831 [Report]
>>8148093
Roadside Picnic?
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Anonymous 2016-06-10 21:58:54 Post No.8148885
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>>8148093

The Genocides - Thomas M. Disch

Forge of God - Greg Bear

Fade-Out - Patrick Tilley

Wolfsbane - Frederick Pohl & CM Cornbluth

The Kraken Wakes - John Wyndham

All deal with dispassionate, unseen aliens (???) almost disinterestedly fucking up humanity's lot. Of all of them, The Genocides is the most fatalistic and depressing, followed by The Kraken Wakes. Both very English. The other three are a bit more fun, but should all still meet your criteria.
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Anonymous 2016-06-10 21:59:49 Post No.8148890
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Solaris
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Anonymous 2016-06-10 23:00:29 Post No.8149137
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Thanks, I'll probably end up reading most or all of these.
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