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series3 books2011

Adventurous in tone, about virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world.

“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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Oath of FealtyNovel

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1981

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in north america and big city.

“Set in the near future, it involves an arcology, a large inhabited structure, called Todos Santos, which rises above a crime-ridden Los Angeles, California, but has little beyond casual contact with the city.”
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The Light of Other DaysNovel

Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxterstandalone novel2000

Time travel, challenging in tone, about technological singularity.

“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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Halting StateSeries

series2 books2007

About artificial intelligence.

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

Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1988

About political intrigue and class conflict, set in africa.

“The protagonist, swept up in events beyond her control, finds herself in places that are off the net, from a datahaven in Grenada, to a Singapore under terrorist attack, to the poorest and most disaster-struck parts of Africa.”
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The Jackpot TrilogySeries

series2 books2014

Mysterious in tone, set in north america.

“Gibson's 2020 book Agency is set in the same world.”
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Start with The Peripheral →

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