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  • Cover of Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
    Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

    series · 9 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction, set in near future.

    “Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Man in the High Castle →

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  • Cover of Avery Cates
    Avery CatesSeries

    series · 22 books · 2007

    Science fiction and cyberpunk, dark and tense in tone, set in near future.

    “Jeff Somers' cyberpunk series, beginning with The Electric Church, follows Cates through escalating jobs and betrayals across six novels.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Electric Church →

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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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  • Cover of Sprawl Trilogy
    Sprawl TrilogySeries

    series · 10 books · 1981

    About 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Neuromancer →

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  • Cover of Maze Runner
    Maze RunnerSeries

    series · 11 books · 2009

    Dystopia.

    “A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Maze Runner →

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  • Cover of Blade Runner Universe
    Blade Runner UniverseSeries

    series · 6 books · 1968

    About robots and identity.

    “Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

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