More like The Immortality Virus

anchored on:science fictionour worldnear future

but

Narrow

Stand on ZanzibarNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1968
Challenging in tone, about surveillance, set in big city.
The Windup UniverseSeries
series3 books2005
About ecological collapse, set in southeast asia.
Start with The Calorie Man →
Blood MusicNovel
Greg Bearstandalone novel1985
Hard science fiction, about nanotechnology and technological singularity, set in north america.
PatternistSeries
series6 books1976
completed
Science fiction, dark in tone, about genetic engineering.
“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue
Start with Wild Seed →
The Eyes of HeisenbergNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1966
Thriller & suspense, about rebellion and revolution and class conflict, set in far future.
“Tens of thousands of years in the future, Earth is ruled by the Optimen, a genetically engineered aristocracy that has made itself functionally immortal, while ordinary people, the Folk, live under strict reproductive control.”
from the catalogue
The White PlagueNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1982
About revenge and gender and society.