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series4 books1962

completed

Challenging in tone.

“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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The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

About gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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Sprawl TrilogySeries

series10 books1981

Cyberpunk, 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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Nineteen Eighty-FourSeries

series4 books1949

Dystopia.

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SS-GBNovel

Len Deightonstandalone novel1978

Alternate history and spy thriller, set in early 20th century.

“Archer's investigation collides with occupation politics, the British resistance, and rival factions of the SS and the German Army, each wanting the case to go a different way.”
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Space MerchantsSeries

series2 books1953

completed

About class conflict, set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
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Start with The Space Merchants →

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