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Stand on ZanzibarNovel

John Brunnerstandalone novel1968

Dystopia, challenging in tone, about surveillance, set in big city.

The Windup UniverseSeries

series3 books2005

Dystopia, about ecological collapse, set in southeast asia.

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SlanSeries

series2 books1946

Science fiction, set in our world.

“The two novels together bracket a single continuing narrative rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue

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includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

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

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Blood MusicNovel

Greg Bearstandalone novel1985

Hard science fiction, about nanotechnology and technological singularity, set in north america.

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