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Snow CrashNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1992
About organized crime.
“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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Ready Player OneSeries
series3 books2011
About 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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Start with Ready Player One →
Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
Dark in tone, about artificial intelligence.
“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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Start with Neuromancer →
The Mortality DoctrineSeries
series4 books2013
About artificial intelligence, set in virtual world.
“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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Start with Gunner Skale →
ColonyNovel
Ben Bovastandalone novel1978
About space colonization, set in space station.
“Bova later folded both novels together into the omnibus The Kinsman Saga.”
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Make Room! Make Room!Novel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1966
About class conflict and ecological collapse, set in our world and north america.