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Alfred Besterstandalone novel1953

About psychic powers and murder investigation, set in far future.

“In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen.”
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A Clockwork OrangeSeries

series4 books1962

completed

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in near future.

“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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Start with A Clockwork Orange →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

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.”
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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Islands in the NetNovel

Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1988

Cyberpunk, about class conflict, set in near future and 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 Eyes of HeisenbergNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1966

Thriller & suspense, about genetic engineering and immortality, set in far future.

“Tens of thousands of years in the future, Earth is ruled by the Optimen, a genetically engineered aristocracy that has made itself functionally immortal, while ordinary people, the Folk, live under strict reproductive control.”
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Space MerchantsSeries

series2 books1953

completed

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in near future and venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
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Start with The Space Merchants →

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