18 books like Blade Runner

What to read after Blade Runner — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Takeshi Kovacs Collection Richard K. Morgan · 2017 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW AN EXCITING SERIES FROM NETFLIX • The shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning in this “tour de force of genre-bending, a brilliantly realized exercise in science fiction.”—The New York Times Book ReviewIn the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Grey Sky Blues (An Inspector Thomas Sullivan Thriller) (Volume 3) K.C. Sivils · 2017 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate xi, 308 pages ; 22 cm Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobucar Rich Larson · 2020 A dark, fast-moving novelette, Rich Larson's "How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobucar," is a Tor.com original short story about a high-tech heist in future Spain, planned by a professional thief who's interested in revenge more than money. The object in question is in the hands of a dangerous crime lord.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Stations of the Tide Michael Swanwick · 1991 · ★ 3.8 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate 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 search is complicated by his quarry's deep local knowledge and the imminence of the continent-inundating Jubilee tides, which have thrown the world… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Mirrorshades - Una Antologia Ciberpunk Bruce Sterling · 1986 · ★ 4.4 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "The definitive cyberpunk short fiction collection." Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Black Man Richard K. Morgan · 2007 · ★ 3.7 · 642p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Winner of the 2008 Arthur C. Clarke Award Published as Black Man in the UK and Thirteen in North America Carl Marsalis is a traitor, a bringer of death, a genetic freak and an unwelcome reminder of all that is dark in the human psyche – he in every sense of the word a Black Man. And right at the moment he’s beyond the UN’s jurisdiction, banged up in a Florida jail for financing an illegal… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

The Zero Signal Rick Wayne · 2021 In the decades after tomorrow, the intersection of emerging technologies like AI, gene editing, and 3D printing gives ordinary people unprecedented power to remake themselves and their environment, which they use for frivolous, dangerous, and even sinister ends. After a series of high-profile calamities, the U.S. Congress passes the controversial Science & Technology Control Act, which licenses… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Thin air Richard K. Morgan · 2018 · ★ 4.4 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate "From the moment Richard K. Morgan's dazzling debut, Altered Carbon, burst onto the scene, it was clear that a distinctive new voice had arrived to shake up science fiction. His subsequent novels--including the sequels Broken Angels and Woken Furies--confirmed him as a master of hard-boiled futuristic thrillers. Now Morgan returns to the world of SF noir with a riveting tale of crime, corruption,… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Tomorrow Factory Rich Larson · 2018 Welcome to the Tomorrow Factory. On your left, post-human hedonists on a distant space station bring diseases back in fashion, two scavengers find a super-powered parasite under the waves of Sunk Seattle, and a terminally-ill chemist orchestrates an asteroid prison break. On your right, an alien optometrist spins illusions for irradiated survivors of the apocalypse, a high-tech grifter meets… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

La Fabrique des lendemains Rich Larson · 2020 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Elle décolla du quai pour grimper dans le ciel jaune terne. La Ville s’étirait dans toutes les directions. Surtout le haut. Tours gigantesques multicolores, immeubles résidentiels rotatifs, tunnels célestes qui se dépliaient et se repliaient selon la circulation. Eris s’éleva sans hâte à travers un essaim de drones. Par sa caméra ventrale, elle regardait l’upcar couleur argent qui les suivait. «… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Altered Carbon Netflix Series Collection Set Richard K. Morgan · 2018 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW AN EXCITING SERIES FROM NETFLIX • The shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning in this “tour de force of genre-bending, a brilliantly realized exercise in science fiction.”—The New York Times Book ReviewIn the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

The SF Collection Richard K. Morgan · 2013 · 2836p · ≈ 94h · Moderate This omnibus collection features five science fiction novels by Richard K. Morgan, including the Takeshi Kovacs trilogy: Altered Carbon, which won the Philip K. Dick Award and was adapted into a Netflix series in 2018, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies. It also includes two standalone novels: Market Forces and Black Man, which was published as Thirteen in the United States and won the Arthur C.… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Ymir Rich Larson · 2022 · ★ 3.8 As glittering and treacherous as an icy cavern, Rich Larson's far-future tale of revenge and revolution is a gripping thriller, perfect for fans of Richard K. Morgan and inspired by the legendary story of Beowulf. Yorick never wanted to see his homeworld again. He left Ymir two decades ago, with half his face blown off and no love lost for the place. But when his employer's mines are threatened… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Crystal Society Max Harms · 2016 · 558p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Crystal Society is a science fiction novel about minds: human, alien, and artificial. The book's protagonist is an artificial intelligence: a machine with the capacity to reason. Her goal is to understand and gain the adoration of all humans. One of many siblings, she helps control a robot named Socrates that uses a piece of technology, a crystal computer, that seems far too advanced to be made… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Terminal café Ian McDonald · 1994 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Ian MacDonald explores the gestalt of transhumanism in a radically unfamiliar dystopian future. Terminal Cafe projects the future of the United States if we stopped pretending Brazil doesn't exist and embraced the Afro-Carribbean elements of our memetic function. This book is a hideously detailed, grotesquely erogenous exploration of a future that, correct me if wrong but virtually nobody since… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Woken Furies Richard K. Morgan · 2005 · ★ 4.1 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate 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 death is nearly meaningless, Morgan returns to his saga of betrayal, mystery, and revenge, as Takeshi Kovacs, in one fatal moment, joins forces with… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Armageddon 2419 AD Philip Francis Nowlan · 1962 · ★ 3.4 · 78p · ≈ 2h · Moderate In Armageddon - 2419 A.D., Buck, a victim of accidental suspended animation, awakens five hundred years later to discover America groaning under the tyranny of the villainous Han, ruling from the safety of their armored machine-cities. Falling in love with one of America's new warrior-women, Wilma Deering, Rogers soon become a central figure in using newly-developed scientific weapons -… Shares: Science Fiction

Star Hunter Andre Norton · 1961 · ★ 3.9 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Moderate On the unexplored jungle world of Jumala, former pilot turned safari guide Ras Hume schemes to collect the reward for finding a missing heir to a fortune. A busboy from local dive bar is brainwashed into believing he is the missing heir, but he soon begins to doubt his own memories. This standalone story was originally published in 1961 as part of a double title paperback by Ace Books along with… Shares: Science Fiction

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