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  • Cover of Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
    Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

    series · 9 books · 1962

    completed

    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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  • Cover of Brave New World
    Brave New WorldSeries

    series · 8 books · 1932

    Dystopia, about class conflict, set in far future.

    “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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    Start with Brave New World →

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  • Cover of The Culture
    The CultureUniverse

    universe · 21 books · 1987

    Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and galactic scale.

    “No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”

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    Start with Consider Phlebas →

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  • Cover of Time Out of Joint
    Time Out of JointNovel

    Philip K. Dick · standalone novel · 1959

    Eerie in tone, about madness, set in our world and north america.

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  • Cover of WWW Trilogy
    WWW TrilogySeries

    series · 3 books · 2009

    About artificial intelligence, set in our world and contemporary.

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  • Cover of Bridge Trilogy
    Bridge TrilogySeries

    series · 4 books · 1990

    Cyberpunk, set in near future and big city.

    “Set in a near-future California, the novel takes place after an earthquake has damaged the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and turned it into an improvised settlement known as the Bridge.”

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    Start with Virtual Light →

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