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Make Room! Make Room!Novel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1966
About survival and ecological collapse.
Space MerchantsSeries
series2 books1953
completed
Set in venus & inner planets.
“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
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The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Post-apocalyptic, about surveillance.
Stand on ZanzibarNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1968
Challenging in tone, about genetic engineering and surveillance.
MoxylandNovel
Lauren Beukesstandalone novel2008
About surveillance, set in africa.
Resurrection, Inc.Novel
Kevin J. Andersonstandalone novel1988
About robots.
“Resurrection, Inc. found a profitable way to do it: a microprocessor brain, a synthetic heart, artificial blood--and anyone with money could buy a Servant with no mind of its own, trained to obey any command.”
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