Science Fiction in a Dark Future
Explore a gripping collection of dark future science fiction books. Dive into dystopian worlds, futuristic thrillers, and chilling tales of tomorrow's bleakest possibilities.
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Psion
by Joan D. Vinge
The extraordinary telepathic powers of Cat, an illiterate slum kid of the year 2417, lead to government service and confrontation with unscrupulous, destructive enemies.
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Catspaw
by Joan D. Vinge
Cat, a telepathic half-human, half-alien orphan and future punk, is kidnapped, taken to Earth, and forced to protect those he hates most, the taMings, until …
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Dreamfall
by Joan D. Vinge
The third book in the author's Cat series and the sequel to the national best-seller Catspaw follows the tough, half-human hero as he travels to …
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Islands in the Net
by Bruce Sterling
Information is power, and even in the peaceful post-millenial age, power corrupts. Data pirates, new-age mercenaries, high-tech shamans, and murder stalk a brutal netherworld of …
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The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse
by Keith Hartman
Welcome to 21st century Atlanta. During your stay, depending on your tastes, you can cruise gay midtown (I hear that the Inquisition Health Club has …
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Nineteen Eighty-four
by George Orwell
Eternal warfare is the price of bleak prosperity in this satire of totalitarian barbarism.
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Guy Montag is a fireman, his job is to burn books, which are forbidden.
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Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
The “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired …
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The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson
Vividly imagined, stunningly prophetic, and epic in scope, The Diamond Age is a major novel from one of the most visionary writers of our time …
