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series6 books1968

Cyberpunk, about robots and identity, set in near future.

“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? →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, 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.”
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Start with Dune →

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

Snow CrashNovel

Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1992

Cyberpunk, about virtual reality and organized crime, set in near future.

“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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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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Start with Heavy Time →

includes Company Wars, Chanur, Unionside, The Hinder Stars, Era of Rapprochement, Mri Wars, Age of Exploration, Hanan Rebellion

DivergentSeries

series10 books2011

Dystopia, set in near future and north america.

Start with The Transfer →

The Blue Ant TrilogySeries

series3 books2003

Techno-thriller, mysterious in tone, about surveillance, set in contemporary.

“Set in August and September 2002, the story follows Cayce Pollard, a 32-year-old marketing consultant who has a psychological sensitivity to corporate symbols.”
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Start with Pattern Recognition →

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