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series10 books1981

Cyberpunk and science fiction, tense in tone, set in big city.

“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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Richard ForthrastSeries

series2 books2011

Science fiction, set in our world and north america.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
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The Light of Other DaysNovel

Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxterstandalone novel2000

Science fiction, about surveillance and technological singularity, set in our world.

“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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Bridge TrilogySeries

series4 books1990

Science fiction and cyberpunk, set in big city and north america.

“Set in a near-future California, the novel takes place after an earthquake has damaged the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and turned it into an improvised settlement known as the Bridge.”
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Lock InSeries

series3 books2014

Science fiction and police procedural, about murder investigation, set in north america.

“John Scalzi's series follows a rookie FBI agent investigating crimes that exploit this new class of disability and technology, across the novels Lock In and Head On plus the interstitial oral history Unlocked.”
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Halting StateSeries

series2 books2007

Science fiction and cyberpunk, tense in tone, about surveillance.

“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
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