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Books like Laurent Michaelmas: 9 series to read next

Laurent Michaelmas is science fiction and thriller & suspense, about artificial intelligence, 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.

Laurent Michaelmas is 3 books, 1975–1978.

“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

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Halting State
Colossus (D. F. Jones)
Nexus 5
Sprawl Trilogy
Daemon (Daniel Suarez)
The Jackpot Trilogy
Blade Runner Universe
Otherland
Quantum Logic

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

Cyberpunk.

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

Start with Halting State →

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 →

Nexus 5Series

seriesRamez Naam3 books2012

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in near future and our world.

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

Start with Nexus →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, 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 →

Daemon (Daniel Suarez)Series

seriesDaniel Suarez2 books2006

Techno-thriller, set in north america.

Start with Daemon →

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 →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

Cyberpunk, about robots and 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? →

OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

Cyberpunk, about virtual reality, set in virtual world.

“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with City of Golden Shadow →

Quantum LogicSeries

seriesGreg Bear7 books1990

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in near future.

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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 Laurent Michaelmas?: Halting State — the closest match to Laurent Michaelmas on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Laurent Michaelmas?: A Scraping at the Bones. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Laurent Michaelmas.
How big is Laurent Michaelmas?: Laurent Michaelmas is 3 books, 1975–1978.
Is Laurent Michaelmas finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1975–1978.

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