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When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in our world.
“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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Takeshi KovacsSeries
series3 books2002
About identity, set in other star systems.
“Takeshi Kovacs is a former elite soldier turned freelance troubleshooter in a future where human consciousness can be digitized and transferred between bodies, or sleeves, making death an inconvenience for those who can afford new ones.”
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The Last Book in the UniverseNovel
Rodman Philbrickstandalone novel2000
Post-apocalyptic and dystopia.
“Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, its protagonist and narrator is a teenage boy named Spaz who has epilepsy.”
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Red RisingSeries
series13 books2014
Dystopia and space opera, about rebellion and revolution.
“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
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Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
About robots and identity, set in near future.
“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
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Snow CrashNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1992
Adventurous in tone, about virtual reality and organized crime, set in near future.
“Like many of Stephenson's novels, its themes include history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics, and philosophy.”
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