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The World Set FreeNovel
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Dystopia, set in our world.
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series3 books2014
Tense in tone.
“Something that's causing alliances to be broken, and friendships, forgotten.”
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Ready Player OneSeries
series3 books2011
Cyberpunk and 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.”
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The Zap GunNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1967
Satire, set in our world and north america.
The Gone-Away WorldNovel
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Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in our world.