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Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
About artificial intelligence, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Neuromancer →
Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
About robots, set in big city.
“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue
Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →
Total RecallNovel
Piers Anthonystandalone novel1989
Mysterious in tone, about amnesia, set in mars.
“Douglas Quail is haunted by nightmares of Mars, covert missions and a life more glamorous than his earthbound 2089 AD reality.”
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OtherlandSeries
series6 books1996
About artificial intelligence, set in virtual world.
“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
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Start with City of Golden Shadow →
HardwiredSeries
series3 books1986
Science fiction and cyberpunk, tense in tone, set in near future and our world.
“Voice of the Whirlwind, published three years later, is a loosely connected follow-up set in the same future, sharing its technological and political backdrop with a different cast of characters.”
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Start with Hardwired →
Islands in the NetNovel
Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1988
About political intrigue and 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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