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series10 books1981

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

“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 Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Dystopia, dark in tone, 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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Rainbows EndNovel

Vernor Vingestandalone novel2006

Hard science fiction, about virtual reality.

“A science-fiction thriller set in a place and time as exciting and strange as any far-future world: San Diego, California, 2025.”
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Oath of FealtyNovel

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1981

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in our world.

“Set in the near future, it involves an arcology, a large inhabited structure, called Todos Santos, which rises above a crime-ridden Los Angeles, California, but has little beyond casual contact with the city.”
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Quantum LogicSeries

series7 books1990

completed

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in near future.

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The Shockwave RiderNovel

John Brunnerstandalone novel1975

Cyberpunk and dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism.

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