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series3 books2011
Cyberpunk and dystopia, about quests.
“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
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Cyberpunk, about political intrigue and organized crime, set in big city.
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Space opera, about aliens and space exploration, set in space.
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The Mortality DoctrineSeries
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Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence.
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A Fall of MoondustNovel
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