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Brave New WorldSeries
series8 books1932
Set in otherworld.
“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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Urban MonadSeries
series7 books1970
Science fiction and dystopia, set in far future.
“Moving between residents of one tower, the linked stories examine a tightly regulated, sexually permissive society engineered to cope with constant population growth, and the discontent that surfaces underneath it.”
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Start with A Happy Day in 2381 →
Stand on ZanzibarNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1968
About genetic engineering and surveillance, set in our world and near future.
A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
About surveillance, set in near future and our world.
“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
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Start with A Clockwork Orange →
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, about political intrigue.
“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
The Status CivilizationNovel
Robert Sheckleystandalone novel1960
Tense in tone, about prison escape and amnesia.
“On Omega, his only chance to advance himself -- and stay alive -- is to commit an endless series of violent crimes.”
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