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Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1993

Hard science fiction, tense in tone, about space exploration, set in near future.

“Set in the year 2109, it deals with the discovery of an asteroid to be on course to collide with Earth and depicts the mission for deflecting the asteroid by using fusion thermal rockets.”
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Childhood's EndNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953

First contact, about aliens, set in our world and near future.

Sprawl TrilogySeries

series10 books1981

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence, set in near future and 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 →

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 →

Jean le FlambeurSeries

series3 books2010

Challenging in tone, set in far future and space.

“Jean le Flambeur is a master thief broken out of a virtual prison to pull off one more impossible heist, in a solar system reshaped by uploaded minds, post-human factions, and economies built on memory and privacy themselves.”
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Start with The Quantum Thief →

Total RecallNovel

Piers Anthonystandalone novel1989

Cyberpunk, about amnesia, set in our world and near future.

“Douglas Quail is haunted by nightmares of Mars, covert missions and a life more glamorous than his earthbound 2089 AD reality.”
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