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Snow CrashNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1992
About political intrigue and organized crime, set in big city.
“Like many of Stephenson's novels, its themes include history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics, and philosophy.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, about aliens and space exploration.
“One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”
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WarcrossSeries
series2 books2017
Science fiction and cyberpunk, adventurous and tense in tone, about virtual reality, set in near future and our world.
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The Mortality DoctrineSeries
series4 books2013
About artificial intelligence.
“The Eye of Minds opens James Dashner's Mortality Doctrine trilogy in a near-future where a teenage gamer is recruited to help stop a rogue hacker named Kaine who threatens mass destruction from inside the virtual world he haunts.”
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Avatar ChroniclesSeries
series3 books2004
Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in near future and virtual world.
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FeedNovel
M. T. Andersonstandalone novel2002
Satire, dark in tone, about ecological collapse and grief and loss.