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Books like Parrish Plessis: 9 series to read next

Parrish Plessis is science fiction and cyberpunk, set in near future and big city, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Parrish Plessis is 3 books, 2004–2005.

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Sprawl Trilogy
Hardwired
Blade Runner Universe
Budayeen
Mirador
Bridge Trilogy
The Synth Crisis
Samuil Petrovitch
Halting State

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

About virtual reality.

“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 →

HardwiredSeries

seriesWalter Jon Williams3 books1986

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

“Voice of the Whirlwind, published three years later, is a loosely connected follow-up set in the same future, sharing its technological and political backdrop with a different cast of characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Hardwired →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

About robots and identity.

“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? →

BudayeenSeries

seriesGeorge Alec Effinger13 books1973

Set in middle east.

“Budayeen Nights, published after Effinger's death, gathers his shorter fiction set in the same neon-lit quarter.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The City on the Sand →

MiradorSeries

seriesDan Wells3 books2016

About virtual reality, set in north america.

“Los Angeles in 2050 is a city of open doors, as long as you have the right connections.”
from the catalogue description of Bluescreen

Start with Bluescreen →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Set in north america.

“Set in a near-future California, the novel takes place after an earthquake has damaged the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and turned it into an improvised settlement known as the Bridge.”
from the catalogue description of Virtual Light
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Start with Virtual Light →

The Synth CrisisSeries

seriesGreg Dragon5 books2017

Mystery & detective, about robots and murder investigation.

“After a devastating war forced humans to rely on synths for survival, the two have learned to coexist peacefully.”
from the catalogue description of Dhata Mays

Start with Dhata Mays →

Samuil PetrovitchSeries

seriesSimon Morden4 books2011

Science fiction and cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence, set in near future.

Start with Equations of Life →

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

About surveillance.

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

Start with Halting State →

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 Parrish Plessis?: Sprawl Trilogy — the closest match to Parrish Plessis on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Parrish Plessis?: Nylon Angel. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Parrish Plessis.
How big is Parrish Plessis?: Parrish Plessis is 3 books, 2004–2005.

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