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The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic, about surveillance, set in north america.
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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A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Challenging in tone, about surveillance, set in our world.
“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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Make Room! Make Room!Novel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1966
About survival and class conflict, set in our world.
The Sheep Look UpNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1972
About ecological collapse and plague and pandemic, set in north america.
MoxylandNovel
Lauren Beukesstandalone novel2008
Cyberpunk, about surveillance, set in africa.