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Neuromancer by William Gibson book cover

Neuromancer

Author: William Gibson

Year: 1984

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Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks with 1984 and Brave New World as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.The Matrix is a world…

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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson book cover

Snow Crash

Author: Neal Stephenson

Year: 1978

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In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's CosoNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he's a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that's striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon…

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Count Zero by William Gibson book cover

Count Zero

Author: William Gibson

Year: 1986

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A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him, for a mission more dangerous than the one he’s recovering from: to get a defecting chief of R&D—and the biochip he’s perfecte…

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Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan book cover

Altered Carbon

Author: Richard K. Morgan

Year: 2002

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Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-c…

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Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson book cover

Mona Lisa Overdrive

Author: William Gibson

Year: 1988

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William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date... The Mona Lisa Overdrive. Enter Gibson's unique world - lyric and mechanical, erotic and violent, sobering a…

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick book cover

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Author: Philip K. Dick

Year: 1968

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It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill.Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment--find them and then...'retire' them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like hum…

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Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan book cover

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 by Philip K. Dick book cover

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 by Richard K. Morgan book cover

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 by Bruce Sterling book cover

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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