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Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
Science fiction and cyberpunk, tense and dark in tone, about artificial intelligence and virtual reality, set in near future and 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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Start with Neuromancer →
Blade Runner UniverseSeries
series6 books1968
About robots.
“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? →
HardwiredSeries
series3 books1986
Science fiction and cyberpunk, tense in tone, set in near future and our world.
“Voice of the Whirlwind, published three years later, is a loosely connected follow-up set in the same future, sharing its technological and political backdrop with a different cast of characters.”
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Start with Hardwired →
Halting StateSeries
series2 books2007
About surveillance.
“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
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OtherlandSeries
series6 books1996
Set in virtual world.
“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
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Start with City of Golden Shadow →
Islands in the NetNovel
Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1988
About political intrigue and class conflict, set in africa.
“The protagonist, swept up in events beyond her control, finds herself in places that are off the net, from a datahaven in Grenada, to a Singapore under terrorist attack, to the poorest and most disaster-struck parts of Africa.”
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