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series10 books1981

About artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

“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.”
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BudayeenSeries

series13 books1973

completed

Set in middle east.

“Budayeen Nights, published after Effinger's death, gathers his shorter fiction set in the same neon-lit quarter.”
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Snow CrashNovel

Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1992

Adventurous in tone, about virtual reality and political intrigue.

“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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HardwiredSeries

series3 books1986

Set in our world.

“Voice of the Whirlwind, published three years later, is a loosely connected follow-up set in the same future, sharing its technological and political backdrop with a different cast of characters.”
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The Night MayorNovel

Kim Newmanstandalone novel1989

Thriller & suspense, eerie in tone, about virtual reality, set in virtual world.

“When infamous criminal Truro Daine escapes imprisonment, he flees into the City, an artificial world of his own creation, where he rules as the all-powerful Night Mayor.”
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ShadowrunSeries

series147 books1990

Cyberpunk, set in near future and big city.

“Shadowrun's tie-in fiction line spins stories out of the tabletop RPG's setting: a near-future world where corporate cyberpunk has collided with the sudden return of magic, dragons, elves, and other fantasy races.”
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