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OtherlandSeries
series6 books1996
Cyberpunk, set in our world.
“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
from the catalogue
Start with City of Golden Shadow →
Ready Player OneSeries
series3 books2011
Cyberpunk and dystopia, adventurous in tone, about quests.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ready Player One →
The Mortality DoctrineSeries
series4 books2013
Cyberpunk.
“The Eye of Minds opens James Dashner's Mortality Doctrine trilogy in a near-future where a teenage gamer is recruited to help stop a rogue hacker named Kaine who threatens mass destruction from inside the virtual world he haunts.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gunner Skale →
Snow CrashNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1992
Cyberpunk, about political intrigue 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.”
from the catalogue
Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
Cyberpunk, dark in tone, 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 →
Avatar ChroniclesSeries
series3 books2004
Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in virtual world and near future.
Start with Epic →