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Books like Vurt: 9 series to read next

Vurt is science fiction, set in british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Vurt is 4 books, 1993–1997.

“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

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Sprawl Trilogy
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
A Clockwork Orange
Blade Runner Universe
Halting State
Bridge Trilogy
Borne
Dead Girls
Deadpan Allie

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Tense in tone, 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 →

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 →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

About robots.

“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? →

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

Tense in tone, about artificial intelligence and surveillance.

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

Start with Halting State →

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 →

BorneSeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer3 books2017

Weird fiction and post-apocalyptic, about genetic engineering.

“Jeff VanderMeer's series continues with the related novels The Strange Bird and Dead Astronauts, set in the same devastated world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Borne →

Dead GirlsSeries

seriesRichard Calder5 books1992

Science fiction and cyberpunk, dark in tone, about identity, set in near future and our world.

Start with Dead Girls →

Deadpan AllieSeries

seriesPat Cadigan6 books1981

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

Start with The Pathosfinder →

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 Vurt?: Sprawl Trilogy — the closest match to Vurt on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Vurt?: Vurt. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Vurt.
How big is Vurt?: Vurt is 4 books, 1993–1997.

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