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Ready Player OneSeries
series3 books2011
Cyberpunk and dystopia, about quests.
“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ready Player One →
Snow CrashNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1992
Cyberpunk, about organized crime, set in big city.
“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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Avatar ChroniclesSeries
series3 books2004
Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in virtual world and near future.
Start with Epic →
MinecraftUniverse
universe207 books2014
“Somewhere in the dark a green thing is walking toward you on four stubby legs, and it does not stop and it does not speak, and when it reaches you it will hiss.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Island →
includes The Elementia Chronicles, Gamerknight999 Sequence, League of Griefers, The Accidental Minecraft Family, Unofficial Gamer's Adventures, Unofficial Minetrapped Adventures, 8-Bit Warrior, Unofficial Minecrafters Academy
Rasmussem Corporation GamesSeries
series3 books1991
Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in virtual world and near future.
“User Unfriendly, Heir Apparent, and Deadly Pink share the same premise and company rather than a continuing cast or plot.”
from the catalogue
Start with User Unfriendly →
The Mortality DoctrineSeries
series4 books2013
Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence.
“The Eye of Minds opens James Dashner's Mortality Doctrine trilogy in a near-future where a teenage gamer is recruited to help stop a rogue hacker named Kaine who threatens mass destruction from inside the virtual world he haunts.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gunner Skale →