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Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about robots and identity.
“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
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Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots, set in far future.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue
Start with Foundation →
includes The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Trantorian Empire, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)
The World Jones MadeNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1956
Dystopia, dark in tone, about psychic powers, set in north america.
“The mutant Floyd Jones, who can see into the future, plans to overthrow the system and colonise space.”
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ColonyNovel
Ben Bovastandalone novel1978
Dystopia, about space colonization and survival, set in space station.
“Bova later folded both novels together into the omnibus The Kinsman Saga.”
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Termination ShockNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel2021
About ecological collapse and terraforming, set in north america.
The MartianSeries
series2 books2012
Hard science fiction, about survival, set in mars.
“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
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Start with The Martian →