18 books like Murderworld

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The World of Cyberpunk 2077 Marcin Batylda · 2020 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Dark Horse Books and CD Projekt Red present The World of Cyberpunk 2077--an extensive examination of the rich lore of a dystopian epic. Learn all about the history of the neon-tinted districts of Night City! Examine cybernetics, weapons, characters and more in this intricate fusion of art and lore thats a necessity for fans of the hit RPG video game, Cyberpunk 2077! Shares: Video Games, Cyberpunk

Ready Player One Ernest Cline · 2008 · ★ 4.2 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Moderate In the year 2044. reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines--puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can… Shares: Virtual reality, Video Games, Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Opening Moves Cosimo Yap · 2016 · ★ 4.3 · 355p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The Earth is changing. The alien invasion brought social upheaval, advanced technology, and an armada of peacekeeping robots. But Alan, a college student pursuing a now-useless degree, cares little about all of this. He has only one thing on his mind: the Game.A fully immersive virtual reality, the Game appears to be a major part of the invading civilization. Alan can't wait to play, recklessly… Shares: Virtual reality, Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Blade Runner K. Perkins · 2022 · ★ 3.4 LOS ANGELES, 2009. Il detective del LAPD Cal Moreaux indaga sulla morte di una scienziata che stava lavorando a un nuovo tipo di replicante, un sospetto suicidio. Determinato a scoprire la verità su un caso apparentemente di routine, scopre una cospirazione letale all’interno della Tyrell Corporation. Ambientato dieci anni prima del celeberrimo film Blade Runner di Ridley Scott e della serie… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Vortex S. J. Kincaid · 2013 · ★ 4.3 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "While serving as a superhuman government weapon during World War III, teenager Tom Raine's loyalties are tested by corruption and nefarious enemies"-- Shares: Virtual reality, Video Games, Science Fiction

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

Synners Pat Cadigan · 1991 · ★ 3.5 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate 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. Shares: Virtual reality, Cyberpunk

Snow Crash Neal Stephenson · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Within the Metaverse, Hiro is offered a datafile named Snow Crash by a man named Raven who hints that it is a form of narcotic. Hiro's friend and fellow hacker Da5id views a bitmap image contained in the file which causes his computer to crash and Da5id to suffer brain damage in the real world. This is the future we now live where all can be brought to life in the metaverse and now all can be… Shares: Virtual reality, 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

Transmetropolitan Vol. 1 Darick Robertson · 1998 · ★ 4.5 · 72p · ≈ 2h · Moderate DC's new editions of TRANSMETROPOLITAN begin here, with this volume collecting issues #1-6 of the acclaimed Vertigo series from writer Warren Ellis and artist Darick Robertson! After years of selfimposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job he hates and a city he loathes. Working as an investigative… Shares: Violence, 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

The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung Fu Cavemen from the Future Dav Pilkey · 2010 · ★ 4.2 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The world's most evil corporation of the future invades Caveland, Ohio and enslaves the inhabitants, until a time portal takes Ook and Gluk to the year 2222, where they meet a wise new friend who provides them with the means of saving the day. Shares: Martial arts, 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

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