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Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series
series3 books1966
completed
Dystopia.
“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
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The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Cyberpunk and dystopia, about surveillance, set in big city.
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution.
“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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Nexus 5Series
series3 books2012
Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in near future and our world.
“The trilogy continues through Crux and Apex, following the same central conflict over who controls the technology.”
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Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
Cyberpunk, about 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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Blood MusicNovel
Greg Bearstandalone novel1985
Hard science fiction and cyberpunk, about genetic engineering and nanotechnology.