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30 science fiction books to read after The Disappeared: A Retrieval Artist Novel, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, the closest match first.

  1. Extremes

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    1. Extremes

    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Extremes is a Retrieval Artist story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, set on a Moon colony where a detective works on cases that nobody else wants.

  2. Consequences

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    2. Consequences

    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Consequences is a Retrieval Artist story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, set on a Moon colony where a detective works on cases that nobody else wants.

  3. Buried Deep

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    3. Buried Deep

    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Buried Deep is a Retrieval Artist novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, in which Miles Flint is drawn to a case of buried secrets on the Moon.

  4. Paloma

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    4. Paloma

    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Paloma is a Retrieval Artist novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, in which Miles Flint hunts for a murderer who has been hiding for years.

  5. Recovery Man

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    5. Recovery Man

    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Retrieval Artist Miles Flint has uncovered a long-held secret to his past linked to the Aleyd Corporation-and a kidnapping by the mysterious Recovery Man, in a case that threatens the...

  6. Duplicate Effort

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    6. Duplicate Effort

    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Duplicate Effort is a Retrieval Artist novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, in which Miles Flint faces the people who want him to stop his search.

  7. Anniversary Day

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    7. Anniversary Day

    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Anniversary Day is a Retrieval Artist novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, in which Miles Flint investigates an old case with new consequences.

  8. Blowback

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    8. Blowback

    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Blowback is a Retrieval Artist novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, in which an investigation comes back to threaten Miles Flint.

  9. The Retrieval Artist novels

    9. The Retrieval Artist novels

    by Kathyrn Rush

    • Same series

    A series of novels that take place in a future where humans who break alien laws they are subject to their punishment. These novels follow two detectives existing in this world and solve unusual murders.

    A series of novels that take place in a future where humans who break alien laws they are subject to their punishment. These novels follow two detectives existing in this...

  10. To Say Nothing Of The Dog

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    10. To Say Nothing Of The Dog

    by Willis, Connie

    • On the same lists
    Hugo winner 1999

    This is the first of Willisâ time traveling historians. Ned Henry is looking for something called the bishopâs bird stump in the 1940s, despite the fact that he lives in...

  11. The Caves Of Steel

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    11. The Caves Of Steel

    by Asimov, Isaac

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    Earth is overpopulated a thousand years from now. Planets outside of our solar system have been colonized and development of robots through the âpositronic brain.â In this new society, only...

  12. The Mountains Of Mourning

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    12. The Mountains Of Mourning

    by Bujold, Lois Mcmaster

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    Miles Vorkosigan, the scion of the clan, is sent to a society that puts a price on physical perfection. A baby in the society has been murdered, one with physical...

  13. Gun, With Occasional Music

    13. Gun, With Occasional Music

    by Jonathan Lethem

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    A wry and satiric look at the near-future where animals are a part of society, life is monitored with karma cards, and mind-numbing drugs are widely used. The protagonist is a typical noir investigator with a self-deprecating sense of humour and knack for satire.

    Set in the future, the humans of the world interact with animals who have developed the ability to speak and interact in society. Inevitably some of them have become bad...

  14. A Philosophical Investigation: A Novel

    14. A Philosophical Investigation: A Novel

    by Philip Kerr

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    What happens when neurologists can test for sociopath tendencies? A list of names and a new serial killer.

    Set in the “near future,” scientists have discovered the genetic disposition that makes men more likely to exhibit violent behavior. The breakthrough is in response to an outbreak of serial...

  15. Bimbos Of The Death Sun

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    15. Bimbos Of The Death Sun

    by Sharyn Mccrumb

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    When a scholar, Dr. James Owen Mega, has his book accepted for publication, he never realizes that his academic tome is about to become a best-seller through the unfortunate name...

  16. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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    16. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

    by Douglas Adams

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    A convoluted and twisted book involving murdering ghosts, time travel, and interconnectedness.

    Dirk Gently, who was a minor character in one of Adamsâ other works, becomes a private eye in this novel. The character is not the type who checks DNA and...

  17. When Gravity Fails

    17. When Gravity Fails

    by George Alec Effinger

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    Also a Cyberpunk novel, this one takes place in 22nd century North Africa, where a down-and-out detective must undergo a sophisticated surgery to catch a killer who has been modified with the personality and abilities of every known psychopath.

    Marîd Audran is something of a lone wolf in this futuristic book. The current superpowers have foundered and the Middle East is now prospering. The story is set in this...

  18. The Plutonium Blonde

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    18. The Plutonium Blonde

    by John Zakour

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    This novel is set in 2057, though it easily could have been set 100 years before. Itâs a fairly classic private eye novel with science fiction and humor galore. Zachary...

  19. The Elysium Commission

    19. The Elysium Commission

    by Modesitt, L. E.

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    As this galaxy becomes more crowded, scientists begin to look for other ways to allow population to continue to grow. They create a universe next to our own; however, in...

  20. Pattern Recognition

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    20. Pattern Recognition

    by Gibson, William

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    One of the few books on this list that is set in the current day, Cayce Pollard reacts to logos and corporate advertising in an allergic fashion. So itâs no...

  21. Red Planet Blues

    21. Red Planet Blues

    by Sawyer, Robert J.

    • On the same lists

    Set on Mars, the book tells of a futuristic society set in New Klondike, a domed city on the Red Planet. Just like its namesake, the town was built to...

  22. Doorways In The Sand

    22. Doorways In The Sand

    by Zelazny, Roger

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    The book reads more like a science fiction caper, where art is stolen and must be retrieved. In this case alien civilizations have swapped their star-stone for some of the...

  23. The Mandel Files, Volume 1: Mindstar Rising & A Quantum Murder

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    23. The Mandel Files, Volume 1: Mindstar Rising & A Quantum Murder

    by Hamilton, Peter F.

    • On the same lists

    Greg Mandel is an ex-Army officer in Britain. He was part of an experimental group that provided members with intuition and psychic powers. Now out of the Army, Great makes...

  24. Hal Clement's Needle

    24. Hal Clement's Needle

    by Hal Clement

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    The Hunter is a small gel-type creature that lives inside of its host. Two such creatures have crashed their ship on Earth. They escaped separately and now the Hunter, who...

  25. Hard-boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World: A Novel

    25. Hard-boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World: A Novel

    by Murakami, Haruki

    • On the same lists

    Clearly influenced by hard-boiled detective fiction and cyberpunk fiction this novel does not quite fit into the hard-boiled schematic, but it is a detective story combined with science fiction that descends into an underworld to find a man's mind.

    This book, originally published in Japanese, tells two distinct narratives. The science fiction narrative is told by a human with data processing capabilities. This merger of man and machine is...

  26. Tea From An Empty Cup

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    26. Tea From An Empty Cup

    by Pat Cadigan

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    You'd think that Artificial Reality couldn't kill you, since legally speaking, everything is a lie in AR anyway. But that seems to be just exactly what happened - in a...

  27. Chasm City

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    27. Chasm City

    by Alastair Reynolds

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    Chasm City is the story of what happens when utopia is hit by an epidemic. The story is told through the eyes of Tanner Mirabel, who decides to travel to...

  28. The Automatic Detective

    28. The Automatic Detective

    by A. Lee Martinez

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    An indestructible robot gives up world domination in favour of driving a cab—but soon is on an quest to find his kidnapped neighbours.

    This novel is one of the most unique robot stories in existence, covering not just robots and science fiction, but stirring in the perfect dosage of detective, noir style. If...

  29. A Talent For War

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    29. A Talent For War

    by Mcdevitt, Jack

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    Jack McDevitt’s wonderful science fiction mystery rides the line that defines Military Science Fiction very tight. The story, about Alex Benedict’s search for the nature of his uncle’s secret, takes...

  30. The Demolished Man

    30. The Demolished Man

    by Alfred Bester

    • On the same lists
    Hugo winner 1953

    Psychic police chase down criminals.

    In a future society, extrasensory perception exists in a fraction of the world’s population. There are 3 levels of ESP (or espers as they are called in the book.) They...

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