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Books like Dark Factory: 9 series to read next

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

Dark Factory is 3 books, 2022–2025.

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Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
A Clockwork Orange
Deadpan Allie
Ready Player One
Sprawl Trilogy
Otherland
Halting State
Vurt
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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, about totalitarianism and surveillance.

“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 →

Deadpan AllieSeries

seriesPat Cadigan6 books1981

About identity.

Start with The Pathosfinder →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Dystopia, adventurous in tone, about 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 →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

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

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 →

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

About artificial intelligence and surveillance.

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

Start with Halting State →

VurtSeries

seriesJeff Noon4 books1993

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 →

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seriesDavid Louis Edelman3 books2006

Science fiction.

Start with Infoquake →

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 Dark Factory?: Library of America P. K. Dick Collection — the closest match to Dark Factory on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dark Factory?: Dark Factory. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dark Factory.
How big is Dark Factory?: Dark Factory is 3 books, 2022–2025.

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