10 books like Synners

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

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: Hackers, Virtual reality, Cyberpunk

Neuromancer William Gibson · 1984 · ★ 3.9 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The first of William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy, Neuromancer is the classic cyberpunk novel. The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future — a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our… Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers, Virtual reality

The Hanged Man's Song John Sandford · 2003 · ★ 4.4 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A superhacker friend of Kidd's named Bobby suddenly disapears from cyberspace, and Kidd knows that isn't a good sign. Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers

Fatal System Error Joseph Menn · 2010 · ★ 3.4 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In this disquieting cyber thriller, Joseph Menn takes readers into the murky hacker underground, traveling the globe from San Francisco to Costa Rica and London to Russia. His guides are California surfer and computer whiz Barrett Lyon and a fearless British high-tech agent. Through these heroes, Menn shows the evolution of cyber-crime from small-time thieving to sophisticated, organized gangs,… Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers

WWW Robert J. Sawyer · 2011 · ★ 3.3 · 329p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author joins Ace with a stunning new science fiction epic. Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math, and blind. When she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality she perceives the landscape of the World Wide Web-where she makes contact with a mysterious consciousness existing only in cyberspace. Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers

Flickan som lekte med elden Stieg Larsson · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 631p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Mikael Blomkvist på Millennium har fått korn på ett hett nyhetsstoff. Journalisten Dag Svensson och hans sambo Mia Bergman har hittat avslöjande uppgifter om en omfattande sexhandel mellan Östeuropa och Sverige. Många av de personer som utpekas i traffickinghärvan har höga positioner i samhället. Samtidigt återvänder Lisbeth Salander till Sverige och händelser i hennes mörka förflutna börjar… Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers

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

Murderworld Allen White · 2018 · 449p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Perry Dunne, San Francisco corporate lawyer, is forced by his bullying boss to play the world's most popular game, the vast, ultra-real, blood-drenched simulation MURDERWORLD. His task: enhance his legal firm's prestige by earning five kills during the current tournament—or get fired. When Perry crosses paths with homicide virtuoso Mari Night, he seizes the chance to hire her as his mentor, not… Shares: Virtual reality, Cyberpunk

Hackers Steven Levy · 1984 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Today, technology is cool. Owning the most powerful computer, the latest high-tech gadget, and the whizziest website is a status symbol on a par with having a flashy car or a designer suit. And a media obsessed with the digital explosion has reappropriated the term "computer nerd" so that it's practically synonymous with "entrepreneur." Yet, a mere fifteen years ago, wireheads hooked on tweaking… Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers

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, Cyberpunk

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