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This Perfect Day
Author: Ira Levin
Year: 1970
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This book is AWESOME. A story of a man fighting to free himself from dystopia as in Brave New World and 1984. However, the story is much tighter and exciting than in either of these books. Many twists and turns, all the way to the end. You ar…
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The Dispossessed
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Year: 1974
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Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this da…
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Broken Angels
Author: Richard K. Morgan
Year: 2003
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Welcome back to the brash, brutal new world of the twenty-fifth century: where global politics isn't just for planet Earth anymore; and where death is just a break in the action, thanks to the techno-miracle that can preserve human consciousness and…
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The three stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Author: Philip K. Dick
Year: 1965
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1965 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965.[1] The novel takes place in 2016. Under United Nations authority, humankind has colonized every…
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Woken Furies
Author: Richard K. Morgan
Year: 2005
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Richard K. Morgan has received widespread praise for his astounding twenty-fifth-century novels featuring Takeshi Kovacs, and has established a growing legion of fans. Mixing classic noir sensibilities with a searing futuristic vision of an age when…
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Islands in the Net
Author: Bruce Sterling
Year: 1977
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From the back cover: Laura Webster's on the fast track to success. A bright young star in a multinational conglomerate, she's living well in a post-millennial age of peace, prosperity, and profit. In an age of advanced technology, information…
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Mirrorshades - Una Antologia Ciberpunk
Author: Bruce Sterling
Year: 1986
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"The definitive cyberpunk short fiction collection."
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Stations of the Tide
Author: Michael Swanwick
Year: 1991
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The story of a nameless bureaucrat who is sent by the Office of Technology Transfer, charged with restricting the flow of dangerous technologies, to the planet Miranda to search for a fugitive in possession of forbidden technological knowledge. His…
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All Tomorrow's Parties
Author: William Gibson
Year: 1999
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All Tomorrow's Parties is the final novel in the Bridge trilogy. From his cardboard box in the Tokyo subway, connected to the Internet, a clairvoyant cyberpunk mobilizes his friends to avert a world disaster. It is due to occur on a bridge in San…
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Synners
Author: Pat Cadigan
Year: 1991
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In Synners, the line between technology and humanity is hopelessly slim. A constant stream of new technology spawns crime before it hits the streets; the human mind and the external landscape have fused to the point where any encounter with "reality"…
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