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The Light of Other DaysNovel
Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxterstandalone novel2000
Time travel, challenging in tone, about technological singularity.
“An industrialist devises a technique to use tiny wormholes as light pipes to enable viewing of any event anywhere; and subsequently it becomes possible to use them to view any event in the past as well.”
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The Dream HotelNovel
Laila Lalamistandalone novel2025
Literary & general, set in north america.
Oath of FealtyNovel
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1981
About class conflict, set in north america and big city.
“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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The Fourth RealmSeries
series3 books2005
Thriller & suspense, dark in tone, about totalitarianism, set in contemporary.
“The trilogy has been translated into 25 languages and has sold more than 1.5 million books.”
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Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series
series3 books1966
completed
About artificial intelligence.
“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
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Islands in the NetNovel
Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1988
Cyberpunk, about political intrigue and class conflict, set in africa.
“The protagonist, swept up in events beyond her control, finds herself in places that are off the net, from a datahaven in Grenada, to a Singapore under terrorist attack, to the poorest and most disaster-struck parts of Africa.”
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