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Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxterstandalone novel2000

Tense in tone, about surveillance and technological singularity, set in our world.

“An industrialist devises a technique to use tiny wormholes as light pipes to enable viewing of any event anywhere; and subsequently it becomes possible to use them to view any event in the past as well.”
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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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Richard ForthrastSeries

series2 books2011

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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Start with Reamde →

Subjective CosmologySeries

series3 books1992

Hard science fiction.

“Within a detective fiction framework, the novel explores the consequences of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, which Egan acknowledges was chosen more for its entertainment value than for its likelihood of being correct.”
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Rainbows EndNovel

Vernor Vingestandalone novel2006

Thriller & suspense, about surveillance, set in north america and big city.

“A science-fiction thriller set in a place and time as exciting and strange as any far-future world: San Diego, California, 2025.”
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Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Science fiction, 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 →

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