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The Last P. I. is 3 books, 1987–2015.

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Halting State
Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)
The Jackpot Trilogy
Realtime
Dream Park Universe
Frank Carlucci
Hardwired
Lock In
Greg Mandel

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

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Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)Series

seriesCharles Sheffield2 books1998

About survival, set in space.

“Charles Sheffield's Aftermath duology opens with a near-future Earth devastated by a nearby supernova's radiation, which knocks out electronics and forces survivors to rebuild without most modern technology.”
from the catalogue description

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The Jackpot TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson2 books2014

Mysterious in tone, about surveillance.

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

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RealtimeSeries

seriesVernor Vinge3 books1984

About survival.

“Vernor Vinge's The Peace War introduces Paul Hoehler, inventor of the 'bobble' — an impenetrable force-field technology seized by the authoritarian Peace Authority to enforce global dominance.”
from the catalogue description

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Dream Park UniverseSeries

seriesLarry Niven & Steven Barnes6 books1981

Science fiction, set in near future.

Start with The Descent of Anansi →

Frank CarlucciSeries

seriesRichard Paul Russo3 books1992

Science fiction and mystery & detective.

“Barnes&Noble: In the crumbling San Francisco of tomorrow, a former narcotics-squad cop is reluctantly drawn into the investigation of a serial killer's return.”
from the catalogue description of Destroying Angel

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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

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Lock InSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi3 books2014

Police procedural, mysterious in tone.

“John Scalzi's series follows a rookie FBI agent investigating crimes that exploit this new class of disability and technology, across the novels Lock In and Head On plus the interstitial oral history Unlocked.”
from the catalogue description

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Greg MandelSeries

seriesPeter F. Hamilton5 books1993

Mysterious in tone, about psychic powers, set in british isles.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
from the catalogue description

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What should I read after The Last P. I.?: Halting State — the closest match to The Last P. I. on what it is about, not on what sells.
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How big is The Last P. I.?: The Last P. I. is 3 books, 1987–2015.

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