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  • Cover of Sprawl Trilogy
    Sprawl TrilogySeries

    series · 10 books · 1981

    Science fiction, 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 →

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  • Cover of Hardwired
    HardwiredSeries

    series · 3 books · 1986

    Science fiction.

    “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 →

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  • Cover of Budayeen
    BudayeenSeries

    series · 13 books · 1973

    completed

    Science fiction, 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 →

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  • Cover of Blade Runner Universe
    Blade Runner UniverseSeries

    series · 6 books · 1968

    Science fiction, 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? →

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  • Cover of Snow Crash
    Snow CrashNovel

    Neal Stephenson · standalone novel · 1992

    Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about virtual reality and political intrigue.

    “Like many of Stephenson's novels, its themes include history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics, and philosophy.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of The Night Mayor
    The Night MayorNovel

    Kim Newman · standalone novel · 1989

    Science fiction and thriller & suspense, about virtual reality, set in virtual world.

    “When infamous criminal Truro Daine escapes imprisonment, he flees into the City, an artificial world of his own creation, where he rules as the all-powerful Night Mayor.”

    from the catalogue

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