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series6 books1968

About robots and identity, set in near future.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
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Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1992

Adventurous in tone, about virtual reality and organized crime, set in near future.

“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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BudayeenSeries

series13 books1973

completed

Set in near future and middle east.

“Budayeen Nights, published after Effinger's death, gathers his shorter fiction set in the same neon-lit quarter.”
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Start with The City on the Sand →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, 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, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe

SS-GBNovel

Len Deightonstandalone novel1978

Alternate history and spy thriller, set in british isles and early 20th century.

“Archer's investigation collides with occupation politics, the British resistance, and rival factions of the SS and the German Army, each wanting the case to go a different way.”
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The Fall RevolutionSeries

series4 books1995

Science fiction.

“In a society where computer literacy is the kind that counts, Moh's found his niche: His father wrote the revolutionary programs used around the world.”
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Start with The Star Fraction →

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