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Books like Colin Charteris: 9 series to read next

Colin Charteris is science fiction, set in our world and near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Colin Charteris is 8 books, 1967–1969.

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Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
A Clockwork Orange
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick
Lightpaths
VALIS
Vurt
Nova Trilogy
New Worlds
Richard Forthrast

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

The Collected Stories of Philip K. DickSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick11 books1987

About identity.

“See Philip K. Dick bibliography for information about the mass market reprints.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Beyond Lies the Wub →

LightpathsSeries

seriesHoward V. Hendrix3 books1997

Science fiction, set in near future.

“All of whom are about to learn that there is no such place as Utopia.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lightpaths →

VALISSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick4 books1981

Reflective in tone, about faith and religion and identity.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with VALIS →

VurtSeries

seriesJeff Noon4 books1993

Science fiction, set in british isles.

“In Jeff Noon's alternate Manchester, an entire subculture has formed around Vurt: a hallucinogenic, colour-coded feather that plunges users into a shared alternate reality as vivid and dangerous as real life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Vurt →

Nova TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam S. Burroughs3 books1961

Literary & general and postmodern, set in mid 20th century.

“Across the three books, the shadowy Nova Mob, personified as viral, parasitic forces of language and image, is opposed by an equally strange Nova Police, in an allegory for how societies are manipulated through media and addiction.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Soft Machine →

New WorldsSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock, David Garnett, Hilary Bailey, Charles Platt, John Carnell, John Sladek, Nick Gevers, Peter Crowther & Thomas M. Disch30 books1955

“New Worlds was a British science fiction magazine that began in 1936 as a fanzine called Novae Terrae.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Best from New Worlds Science Fiction →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

Set in north america and virtual world.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

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What should I read after Colin Charteris?: Library of America P. K. Dick Collection — the closest match to Colin Charteris on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Colin Charteris?: Auto-Ancestral Fracture. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Colin Charteris.
How big is Colin Charteris?: Colin Charteris is 8 books, 1967–1969.
Is Colin Charteris finished?: Yes — 8 books, 1967–1969.

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