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Books like Controllers: 9 series to read next

Controllers is science fiction and military science fiction, about robots, set in our world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Controllers is 2 books, 1990–2021.

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Blade Runner Universe
Sunrise Alley
Robopocalypse
Ready Player One
Colossus (D. F. Jones)
Man Plus
Sprawl Trilogy
The Red (Linda Nagata)
Nexus 5

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about identity, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Sunrise AlleySeries

seriesCatherine Asaro2 books2004

About survival.

“The man said is name was Turner Pascal - but Pascal was dead, killed in a car wreck.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sunrise Alley →

RobopocalypseSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson3 books2011

Dark in tone, about survival and war.

“Told in a present-tense, techno-thriller style compared to Michael Crichton's work, the New York Times bestseller continues in the sequel Robogenesis, which follows the aftermath of the robot uprising.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Robopocalypse →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Cyberpunk, about virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series

seriesD. F. Jones3 books1966

Dystopia.

“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Colossus →

Man PlusSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & Thomas T. Thomas2 books1976

About space colonization, set in mars.

“Thomas T. Thomas wrote the sequel Mars Plus, continuing the story of the Martian colony years later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Man Plus →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about virtual reality, set in big city.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

The Red (Linda Nagata)Series

seriesLinda Nagata7 books2012

Dark in tone.

Start with The Red: First Light →

Nexus 5Series

seriesRamez Naam3 books2012

Dark in tone.

“The trilogy continues through Crux and Apex, following the same central conflict over who controls the technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nexus →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Controllers?: Blade Runner Universe — the closest match to Controllers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Controllers?: Priorities. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Controllers.
How big is Controllers?: Controllers is 2 books, 1990–2021.

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