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series6 books1968

About robots and identity, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
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Norman Spinradstandalone novel1969

About surveillance, set in north america.

“In this regard, Spinrad has cited the influence of Beat writers William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac.”
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Snow CrashNovel

Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1992

Adventurous in tone, about virtual reality and organized crime, set in big city.

“Like many of Stephenson's novels, its themes include history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics, and philosophy.”
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Islands in the NetNovel

Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1988

About class conflict and surveillance, set in our world and africa.

“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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The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Dystopia, about totalitarianism and gender and society, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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The World Jones MadeNovel

Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1956

Dystopia and post-apocalyptic, about psychic powers, set in north america.

“The mutant Floyd Jones, who can see into the future, plans to overthrow the system and colonise space.”
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