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Halting StateSeries
series2 books2007
About artificial intelligence.
“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
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Ready Player OneSeries
series3 books2011
Dystopia, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in virtual world.
“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
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Islands in the NetNovel
Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1988
About political intrigue and class conflict, set in 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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Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
About artificial intelligence, 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.”
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iMeSeries
series2 books2019
Science fiction, tense in tone, about surveillance, set in our world and near future.
“Ten years of embedded technology―'iMe'―has led to complete control and the eradication of crime.”
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A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Dystopia, challenging in tone, about totalitarianism, set in big city.
“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
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