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Islands in the NetNovel
Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1988
Cyberpunk, about class conflict, set in africa.
“The protagonist, swept up in events beyond her control, finds herself in places that are off the net, from a datahaven in Grenada, to a Singapore under terrorist attack, to the poorest and most disaster-struck parts of Africa.”
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The Light of Other DaysNovel
Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxterstandalone novel2000
Challenging in tone, about technological singularity.
“An industrialist devises a technique to use tiny wormholes as light pipes to enable viewing of any event anywhere; and subsequently it becomes possible to use them to view any event in the past as well.”
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FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots, set in far future.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →
includes The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)
Mother of StormsNovel
John Barnesstandalone novel1994
Post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse and survival.
“A strike to destroy an illegal Arctic weapons cache has a catastrophic side effect.”
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Bug Jack BarronNovel
Norman Spinradstandalone novel1969
Cyberpunk, set in north america.
“In this regard, Spinrad has cited the influence of Beat writers William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac.”
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Preferred RiskNovel
Lester del Rey & Frederik Pohlstandalone novel1955
Dystopia, about totalitarianism.
“An insurance claims adjuster investigates mysterious events in a vault where incurably ill people are stored in cold sleep.”
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