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series10 books1981

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence, set in near future and 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 →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Ready Player OneSeries

series3 books2011

Adventurous in tone, about quests, set in virtual world and near future.

“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 →

Brave New WorldSeries

series8 books1932

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in far future and otherworld.

“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
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Start with Brave New World →

Bridge TrilogySeries

series4 books1990

Cyberpunk, set in near future and big city.

“Set in a near-future California, the novel takes place after an earthquake has damaged the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and turned it into an improvised settlement known as the Bridge.”
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Start with Virtual Light →

Mother of StormsNovel

John Barnesstandalone novel1994

Post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse, set in our world and near future.

“A strike to destroy an illegal Arctic weapons cache has a catastrophic side effect.”
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