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  • Cover of Richard Forthrast
    Richard ForthrastSeries

    series · 2 books · 2011

    Set in our world and north america.

    “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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  • Cover of Ready Player One
    Ready Player OneSeries

    series · 3 books · 2011

    Cyberpunk and dystopia, about quests.

    “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 →

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  • Cover of Snow Crash
    Snow CrashNovel

    Neal Stephenson · standalone novel · 1992

    Cyberpunk, 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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  • Cover of The Mortality Doctrine
    The Mortality DoctrineSeries

    series · 4 books · 2013

    Cyberpunk, tense in tone.

    “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 →

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    Avatar ChroniclesSeries

    series · 3 books · 2004

    Start with Epic →

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  • Cover of Sprawl Trilogy
    Sprawl TrilogySeries

    series · 10 books · 1981

    Cyberpunk, tense and dark in tone, set in big city.

    “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 →

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