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  • Cover of Childhood's End
    Childhood's EndNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

    First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens, set in our world.

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  • Cover of Ready Player One
    Ready Player OneSeries

    series · 3 books · 2011

    Cyberpunk and dystopia, adventurous in tone, about quests.

    “The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”

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    Start with Ready Player One →

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  • Cover of Sprawl Trilogy
    Sprawl TrilogySeries

    series · 10 books · 1981

    Cyberpunk, tense in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in big city.

    “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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    Start with Neuromancer →

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  • Cover of Subjective Cosmology
    Subjective CosmologySeries

    series · 3 books · 1992

    Hard science fiction, challenging in tone.

    “Within a detective fiction framework, the novel explores the consequences of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, which Egan acknowledges was chosen more for its entertainment value than for its likelihood of being correct.”

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    Start with Quarantine →

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  • Cover of The Drowned World
    The Drowned WorldNovel

    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1962

    Post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse and survival.

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  • Cover of The Dream Master
    The Dream MasterNovel

    Roger Zelazny · standalone novel · 1966

    About psychic powers, set in our world.

    “Zelazny's original title was The Ides of Octember.”

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