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SS-GBNovel
Len Deightonstandalone novel1978
Spy thriller and mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in british isles.
“Archer's investigation collides with occupation politics, the British resistance, and rival factions of the SS and the German Army, each wanting the case to go a different way.”
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Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
Cyberpunk, about robots.
“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
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Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →
BudayeenSeries
series13 books1973
completed
Cyberpunk.
“Budayeen Nights, published after Effinger's death, gathers his shorter fiction set in the same neon-lit quarter.”
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Start with The City on the Sand →
Islands in the NetNovel
Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1988
Cyberpunk, about class conflict and surveillance, set in our world.
“The protagonist, swept up in events beyond her control, finds herself in places that are off the net, from a datahaven in Grenada, to a Singapore under terrorist attack, to the poorest and most disaster-struck parts of Africa.”
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When William CameNovel
Sakistandalone novel1913
Set in british isles.
The Plot Against AmericaNovel
Philip Rothstandalone novel2004
Historical fiction, about totalitarianism and race and racism, set in north america.
“Roosevelt is defeated in 1940 by Charles Lindbergh, who guides the US towards fascism and anti-Semitism.”
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