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Make Room! Make Room!Novel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1966
Dystopia, about survival and ecological collapse, set in our world.
MetropolisSeries
series7 books1926
Science fiction, about class conflict, set in big city and near future.
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Oath of FealtyNovel
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1981
Dystopia, set in our world and north america.
“Set in the near future, it involves an arcology, a large inhabited structure, called Todos Santos, which rises above a crime-ridden Los Angeles, California, but has little beyond casual contact with the city.”
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HardwiredSeries
series3 books1986
Set in 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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Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
Dark in tone, 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.”
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ArtemisNovel
Andy Weirstandalone novel2017
About space colonization and heist, set in the moon.