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Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
About artificial intelligence and virtual reality, 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 →
Islands in the NetNovel
Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1988
About 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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ColonyNovel
Ben Bovastandalone novel1978
Dystopia, about space colonization and survival.
“Bova later folded both novels together into the omnibus The Kinsman Saga.”
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Bug Jack BarronNovel
Norman Spinradstandalone novel1969
Set in north america.
“In this regard, Spinrad has cited the influence of Beat writers William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac.”
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Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
About robots and identity, set in big city.
“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? →
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia, about totalitarianism and gender and society, set in north america.
“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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Start with The Handmaid's Tale →