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series6 books1968
Cyberpunk, about robots, set in big city.
“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
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Blindsight / FirefallSeries
series3 books2006
Hard science fiction and first contact, tense in tone, about aliens.
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series10 books1981
Cyberpunk, tense in tone, about virtual reality, 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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A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
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Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in our world.
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