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Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
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 →
Halting StateSeries
series2 books2007
About artificial intelligence and surveillance.
“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
from the catalogue
Start with Halting State →
Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
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? →
HardwiredSeries
series3 books1986
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Hardwired →
BudayeenSeries
series13 books1973
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 →
The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Dystopia, about surveillance and totalitarianism, set in north america.