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Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1952
Dystopia, about artificial intelligence and rebellion and revolution.
Space MerchantsSeries
series2 books1953
completed
Dystopia, set in venus & inner planets.
“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
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Dystopia, about survival and ecological collapse, set in our world.
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Thomas M. Dischstandalone novel1979
Dystopia, challenging in tone.
“Like Disch's previous novel 334, it is a bitter satire that depicts a near-future America falling into worsening economic and social crisis.”
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Dystopia and alternate history, about political intrigue.
Oath of FealtyNovel
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Dystopia, tense in tone, set in our world.
“Set in the near future, it involves an arcology, a large inhabited structure, called Todos Santos, which rises above a crime-ridden Los Angeles, California, but has little beyond casual contact with the city.”
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