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  • Cover of Sprawl Trilogy
    Sprawl TrilogySeries

    series · 10 books · 1981

    About artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Neuromancer →

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  • Cover of Budayeen
    BudayeenSeries

    series · 13 books · 1973

    completed

    Set in middle east.

    “Budayeen Nights, published after Effinger's death, gathers his shorter fiction set in the same neon-lit quarter.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The City on the Sand →

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  • Cover of Blade Runner Universe
    Blade Runner UniverseSeries

    series · 6 books · 1968

    About robots and identity.

    “Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

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  • Cover of Hardwired
    HardwiredSeries

    series · 3 books · 1986

    Science fiction and cyberpunk, tense in tone, set in near future and our world.

    “Voice of the Whirlwind, published three years later, is a loosely connected follow-up set in the same future, sharing its technological and political backdrop with a different cast of characters.”

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    Start with Hardwired →

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  • Cover of Snow Crash
    Snow CrashNovel

    Neal Stephenson · standalone novel · 1992

    Adventurous in tone, about virtual reality and political intrigue.

    “Like many of Stephenson's novels, its themes include history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics, and philosophy.”

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  • Cover of The Shockwave Rider
    The Shockwave RiderNovel

    John Brunner · standalone novel · 1975

    Dystopia, about surveillance and totalitarianism, set in north america.

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