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Books like Dagmar Shaw: 9 series to read next

Dagmar Shaw is science fiction and thriller & suspense, about virtual reality, set in our world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dagmar Shaw is 4 books, 2009–2014.

“Walter Jon Williams is an American writer, primarily of science fiction.”
from the catalogue description of This Is Not a Game

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Halting State
Richard Forthrast
Sprawl Trilogy
Otherland
Laurent Michaelmas
Little Brother
The Fourth Realm
The Jackpot Trilogy
iMe

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence.

“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Halting State →

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 →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about artificial intelligence.

“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 →

OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence, set in virtual world.

“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with City of Golden Shadow →

Laurent MichaelmasSeries

seriesAlgis Budrys3 books1975

About artificial intelligence.

“Budrys frames Michaelmas as a hidden protector keeping a fragile near-future world from chaos, blurring the line between reporting the news and making it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Scraping at the Bones →

Little BrotherSeries

seriesCory Doctorow7 books2008

Set in north america.

“Homeland continues Marcus's fight years later, and Attack Surface completes the trilogy; a companion story, 'Lawful Interception,' and other short pieces extend the same near-future world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Little Brother →

The Fourth RealmSeries

seriesJohn Twelve Hawks3 books2005

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism.

“The trilogy has been translated into 25 languages and has sold more than 1.5 million books.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Traveler →

The Jackpot TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson2 books2014

Mysterious in tone, set in north america.

“Gibson's 2020 book Agency is set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description of The Peripheral

Start with The Peripheral →

iMeSeries

seriesJem Tugwell2 books2019

Science fiction, tense in tone, about surveillance, set in our world and near future.

“Ten years of embedded technology―'iMe'―has led to complete control and the eradication of crime.”
from the catalogue description of Proximity

Start with Proximity →

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.

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What should I read after Dagmar Shaw?: Halting State — the closest match to Dagmar Shaw on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dagmar Shaw?: This Is Not a Game. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dagmar Shaw.
How big is Dagmar Shaw?: Dagmar Shaw is 4 books, 2009–2014.

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