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The World Jones MadeNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1956
Dystopia and post-apocalyptic, about political intrigue, set in north america.
“The mutant Floyd Jones, who can see into the future, plans to overthrow the system and colonise space.”
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The Demolished ManNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1953
Mystery & detective, set in far future and our world.
“In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen.”
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Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence and 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Neuromancer →
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia, about totalitarianism and gender and society, set in north america.
“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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Start with The Handmaid's Tale →
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
About political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.
“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Azean EmpireSeries
series2 books1987
About war and political intrigue, set in far future.
“C. S. Friedman's Azean Empire novels are set in a distant-future conflict between two competing human societies, the Azeans and the Braxins, contesting interstellar dominance.”
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Start with In Conquest Born →