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Greg MandelSeries
series5 books1993
Tense and mysterious in tone, set in british isles.
“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
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Start with Mindstar Rising →
Service ModelSeries
series3 books2024
Post-apocalyptic and satire, about robots and identity.
Start with Human Resources →
Halting StateSeries
series2 books2007
Cyberpunk, tense in tone, about surveillance.
“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
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Start with Halting State →
The Android's DreamSeries
series2 books2006
Space opera, about aliens and genetic engineering.
“John Scalzi's The Android's Dream follows ex-soldier Harry Creek as the hunt for a replacement leads him to Robin Baker, an ordinary woman carrying hidden sheep DNA that makes her the key to avoiding a war.”
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Start with The Android's Dream →
Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about robots and identity.
“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
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Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →
Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in north america.