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The Light of Other DaysNovel
Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxterstandalone novel2000
Time travel, challenging in tone, about surveillance and technological singularity.
“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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Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series
series3 books1966
completed
Dystopia.
“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
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The MartianSeries
series2 books2012
About survival and space exploration, set in mars.
“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
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Quantum NightNovel
Robert J. Sawyerstandalone novel2016
Thriller & suspense, set in north america.
“Set in 2020, the book touches on themes of quantum physics, psychology, current politics and ethics.”
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Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about virtual reality, 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.”
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The ChronolithsNovel
Robert Charles Wilsonstandalone novel2001
Time travel, mysterious in tone, set in north america and southeast asia.