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Books like Pixel Dust: 9 series to read next

Pixel Dust is set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Pixel Dust is 3 books, 2018–2020.

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Ready Player One
Sprawl Trilogy
Richard Forthrast
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Bridge Trilogy
Omnitopia
Dream Park Universe
Halting State
Otherland

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Dystopia, about quests.

“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

Dark in tone, about artificial intelligence, 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 →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

Set in north america.

“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 →

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 →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Set in big city and 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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Virtual Light →

OmnitopiaSeries

seriesDiane Duane2 books2010

Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in near future and virtual world.

“In the virtual twenty-first century multiplayer on-line games have become one of the most popular forms of entertainment.”
from the catalogue description of Omnitopia Dawn

Start with Omnitopia Dawn →

Dream Park UniverseSeries

seriesLarry Niven & Steven Barnes6 books1981

Science fiction, set in near future.

Start with The Descent of Anansi →

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 →

OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

About artificial intelligence.

“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 →

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 Pixel Dust?: Ready Player One — the closest match to Pixel Dust on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Pixel Dust?: Party Hard. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Pixel Dust.
How big is Pixel Dust?: Pixel Dust is 3 books, 2018–2020.

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