More like Chasing Tomorrows

anchored on:science fictionnear futureartificial intelligenceour worlddarkshort story cycle

but

Narrow

Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
Cyberpunk, about virtual reality, set in big city.
“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue
Start with Neuromancer →
Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series
series3 books1966
completed
Dystopia.
“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
from the catalogue
Start with Colossus →
Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
Cyberpunk, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →
Player PianoNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1952
Dystopia and satire, about class conflict, set in north america.
RobopocalypseSeries
series3 books2011
About robots and survival.
“Told in a present-tense, techno-thriller style compared to Michael Crichton's work, the New York Times bestseller continues in the sequel Robogenesis, which follows the aftermath of the robot uprising.”
from the catalogue
Start with Robopocalypse →
Nexus 5Series
series3 books2012
Science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in near future and our world.
“The trilogy continues through Crux and Apex, following the same central conflict over who controls the technology.”
from the catalogue
Start with Nexus →