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Bug Jack BarronNovel
Norman Spinradstandalone novel1969
About surveillance.
“In this regard, Spinrad has cited the influence of Beat writers William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia, about totalitarianism and gender and society.
“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Dystopia, about surveillance and totalitarianism, set in big city.
Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
About artificial intelligence and 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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FridayNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1982
Adventurous in tone, about identity and race and racism.
“Artificial humans are widely resented, and much of the story deals with Friday's struggle both against prejudice and to conceal her enhanced attributes from other humans.”
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Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
About robots and identity, set in big city.
“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? →