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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Haruki Murakami · 416 pages
Synners
Pat Cadigan · 448 pages
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" is incidental.
Freedom™
Daniel Suarez · 416 pages
The propulsive, shockingly plausible sequel to New York Times bestseller DaemonIn one of the most buzzed-about debuts of 2009, Daniel Suarez introduced a terrifying vision of a new world order, controlled by the Daemon, an insidious computer program unleashed by a hi-tech wunderkind, Daemon captured the attention of the tech community, became a New York Times and Indie bestseller, and left readers
Ghost in the Shell
Masamune Shirow · 368 pages
Apex
Ramez Naam · 733 pages
Global unrest spreads through the world, lies set off shockwaves of anger, rippling from mind to mind. Riot police battle neurally-linked protestors, armies are mobilized, political orders fall. Nexus-driven revolution is here. Against this backdrop a new breed of post-human children are growing into their powers. And a once-dead scientist is closing in on her ultimate aim- to seize the planet's
Queen of Angels
Greg Bear · 426 pages
In a world of wonders, wealth, and "perfect" mental health, a famous poet commits gruesome murder. Why? That crime, that question, leads a policewoman to a jungle of torture and forgotten gods; a writer to the bohemian shadows of a vast city; and a scientist directly into the mind -- the nightmare soul -- of the psychopath himself.
Altered Carbon
Richard K. Morgan · 480 pages
Mankind is strung out across interstellar space, and human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies, but some things never change, so when Takeshi is downloaded into the body of a ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer he shouldn't be surprised.
Rule 34
Charles Stross · 355 pages
Head of the Rule 34 Squad monitoring the Internet for illegal activities, Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh investigates the link between three ex-con spammers who have been murdered.
River of Gods
Ian McDonald · 597 pages
"August 15, 2047--Happy hundredth birthday, India. As Mother India approaches her centenary, nine people are going about their business--a gangster, a cop, his wife, a politician, a stand-up comic, a set designer, a journalist, a scientist, and a dropout. And so is Aj--the waif, the mind reader, the prophet--when she one day finds a man who wants to stay hidden. In the next few weeks, they will al
The Atopia Chronicles
Matthew Mather · 496 pages
The Last Firewall
William Hertling · 322 pages
WWW: Wake
Robert J. Sawyer · 360 pages
One of the foremost science fiction writers of our generation(SF Site) comes to Ace with a trilogy of the Webs awakening.Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at mathand blind. Still, she can surf the net with the best of them, following its complex paths clearly in her mind. But Caitlins brain long ago co-opted her primary visual cortex to help her navigate online. So when she receive
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein · 302 pages
It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison. Every aspect of life is overseen by the Federated Nations "Lunar Authority"; until one day when a self-aware Super-Computer, a Jack of all Trades Technician, an Anarchist Professor, and a beautiful Blonde Revolutionary decide to change their world. The conspirators' plans go along beautifully...for a while.
Zendegi
Greg Egan · 300 pages
Nasim is a young computer scientist, hoping to work on the Human Connectome Project: a plan to map every neural connection in the brain. But funding for the project is cancelled, and she ends up devoting her career to Zendegi, a computerised virtual world used by millions. Then, 15 years later, the Connectome Project is revived.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick · 216 pages
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 humans, and they didn't want to be found!
Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline · 464 pages
An unexpected quest. Two worlds at stake. Are you ready? Days after Oasis founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vault, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the Oasis a thousand times more wondrous, and addictive, than even Wade dreamed possible. Wit
All That We See or Seem
Ken Liu · 404 pages
The Star Fraction
Ken MacLeod · 416 pages
A re-release of the first half of a series set in a world of intelligent weapons, theologically correct software, and the colonization of other planets finds the human race struggling to recover from past betrayals that are threatening civilization, an effort that is challenged by new understanding about death.
Crashing Heaven
Al Robertson · 352 pages
Goodbye for Now
Laurie Frankel · 321 pages
Imagine a world in which you never have to say goodbye. A world in which you can talk to your loved ones after they've gone - About the trivial things you used to share About the things you wish you'd said while you still had the chance About how hard it is to adjust to life without them. When Sam Elling invents a computer programme that enables his girlfriend Meredith to do just this, nothing can
Join
Steve Toutonghi · 328 pages
"What if you could live multiple lives simultaneously, have constant, perfect companionship, and never die? That's the promise of Join, a revolutionary technology that allows small groups of minds to unite, forming a single consciousness that experiences the world through multiple bodies. But as two best friends discover, the light of that miracle may be blinding the world to its horrors. Chance a
Void Star
Zachary Mason · 394 pages
Although the seas have risen and the central latitudes are emptying, it's still a good time to be in San Francisco, where weapons drones patrol the skies to keep out the multitudinous poor. Irina isn't rich, but she does have an artificial memory that gives her perfect recall and lets her act as a medium between her various employers and their AIs, which are complex to the point of opacity. It's a
Heaven's River
Dennis E. Taylor · 676 pages