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Richard ForthrastSeries
series2 books2011
Set in north america and virtual world.
“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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Start with Reamde →
WWW TrilogySeries
series3 books2009
About artificial intelligence, set in north america.
Start with Wake →
Ready Player OneSeries
series3 books2011
Adventurous in tone, about quests, set in virtual world and near future.
“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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Start with Ready Player One →
Space DemonsSeries
series4 books1986
Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in our world and contemporary.
“Gillian Rubinstein's Space Demons follows a group of Australian schoolkids drawn into a mysterious video game that starts pulling them physically into its world, with consequences that follow them home.”
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Start with Space Demons →
Gemini GameNovel
Michael Scottstandalone novel1993
Thriller & suspense, adventurous and tense in tone.
“When players of their virtual reality computer game fall into a coma, Liz and BJ O'Connor, teenage owners of a computer games company, flee from the police in an attempt to locate a copy of their game and correct the programming.”
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Time Out of JointNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1959
Eerie in tone, about identity and madness, set in north america.