Books like The Peripheral
30 science fiction books to read after The Peripheral, by Gibson, William, the closest match first.
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The Jackpot Trilogy book 2
1. Agency
by Gibson, William
- Same series
- Same author
“Uma jornada sensual e visualmente impressionante, repleta de demonstrações de imaginação conceitual e humor.” – The GuardianVerity Jane se mete em problemas quando a IA avançada que deveria testar desaparece...
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2. The Race
by Nina Allan
- On the same lists
For the last few years, Nina Allan has been attracting a lot of attention and award nominations for the haunting quality of her short stories. Now she brings that same...
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Firefall book 2
3. Echopraxia
by Peter Watts
- On the same lists
The sequel to his acclaimed Blindsight begins in the wilderness, where biologist Daniel Bruks has turned his back on humanity. Intruders force him to retreat to a strange monastery, but...
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Chronicle Of The Fallers book 1 Start here
4. The Abyss Beyond Dreams
by Hamilton, Peter F.
- On the same lists
A self-proclaimed prophet is haunted by visions of a lost civilisation, and the Commonwealth's founder, Nigel Sheldon, goes to find out whether they come from the Void, the vast region...
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5. 2015: The Bone Clocks
by Mitchell, David
- On the same lists
The story starts in 1984, introducing us to a 15-year-old girl from England named Holly. The book shares the significant moments in Holly's life as she intersects with various characters,...
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6. Wolves
by Simon Ings
- On the same lists
It*s the near future; the economy is running down, and so is the environment. When Conrad and Michel are at school, Micky is obsessed with the end of the world,...
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Fractured Europe book 1 Start here
7. Europe In Autumn
by Dave Hutchinson
- On the same lists
Europe is crumbling, nation states are falling apart, in their place are emerging a myriad of tiny independent statelets, some as small as a city block, some as long and...
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8. Lagoon
by Okorafor, Nnedi
- On the same lists
Three strangers, a marine biologist who has just had a bust-up with her husband, a soldier who has just had a fight with his superior, and a rapper who has...
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9. Afterparty
by Daryl Gregory
- On the same lists
Gregory is one of several authors who had more than one book published during the year. One, We Are All Completely Fine, is a very effective horror story, but it...
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10. Bête
by Adam Roberts
- On the same lists
Adam Roberts is another author who produced more than one book in the year. In fact, five books came out: a glorious pastiche of Jules Verne, Twenty Trillion Leagues Under...
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11. The Southern Reach Trilogy
by Vandermeer, Jeff
- On the same lists
The three complete novels that make up this trilogy, Annihilation, Authority and Acceptance, were all first published during 2014. Brought together, they make for a fascinating mixture of science fiction...
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12. Ancillary Sword
by Leckie, Ann
- On the same lists
Ann Leckie's first book, Ancillary Justice, won just about every award going, including the Hugo, the Nebula, the Arthur C. Clarke and the BSFA awards. Now, here's the sequel to...
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13. My Real Children
by Walton, Jo
- On the same lists
Patricia is a confused old lady, whose memories of the past don't make sense, because she is remembering two very different pasts. In her first job as a teacher at...
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14. All Those Vanished Engines
by Paul Park
- On the same lists
Paul Park's return to science fiction takes the form of an alternate history, or a set of alternate histories, or nested alternate histories, or perhaps something else entirely. We begin...
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15. A Man Lies Dreaming
by Tidhar, Lavie
- On the same lists
In his World Fantasy Award winning novel Osama, Lavie Tidhar turned Osama bin Laden into the hero of a series of pulp noir novels in an alternate version of our...
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Proxima book 2
16. Ultima
by Stephen Baxter
- On the same lists
Stephen Baxter's Proxima was one of the great science fiction novels of 2013. It told of a group of convicts who are shipped out to the newly discovered world of...
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17. Yesterday’s Kin
by Nancy Kress
- On the same lists
This short novel by one of the most reliable writers in the genre is a first contact story with a difference. Aliens have landed in New York, or rather, just...
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18. The Girl With All The Gifts
by M. R. Carey
- On the same lists
Melanie is a clever girl, she has a genius-level IQ and she's only 10 years old. But the adults looking after her keep her tied up and at gunpoint, because...
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19. The Bees
by Laline Paull
- On the same lists
Throughout the history of the genre, authors have written dystopian views of highly regimented societies where everyone is assigned a place from birth and must stick to that role. Well...
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20. A Darkling Sea -
by James L. Cambias
- On the same lists
When a bunch of Hugo and Nebula award winners queue up to praise a first novel from a brand new writer, and when they compare it to Hal Clement and...
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Three Body Series book 1 Start here
21. Three Body Problem (chinese)
by Liu, Cixin
- On the same lists
If you are looking for an introduction to the best Chinese science fiction, look no further than Lui Cixin's stunning and much celebrated award-winning trilogy which has sold nearly half...
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22. The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August
by Claire North
- On the same lists
What would you do if you could live your life over and over again? It may not be as idyllic an option as it sounds, as Claire North demonstrates in...
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The Sprawl book 1 Start here
23. Neuromancer (1985)
by Gibson, William
- Same author
Gibson is the father of Cyberpunk and this novel in particular is significant. In this novel the term cyberspace is coined.
Case was the best hacker in the Sprawl until his employers damaged his nervous system, and now he can no longer reach cyberspace. He drifts through the criminal underworld of...
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24. Count Zero
by Gibson, William
- Same author
Bobby Newmark, the self-styled 'Count Zero' is just getting started as a hacker, and is still an amateur. There comes a day when he is asked to test some new...
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25. Mona Lisa Overdrive
by Gibson, William
- Same author
Mona Lisa Overdrive is the final novel of the William Gibson's cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy. Living in the vast computer landscape of cyberspace, young Mona taps into the mind of world-famous...
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Blue Ant book 1 Start here
26. Pattern Recognition
by Gibson, William
- Same author
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...
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Blue Ant book 2
27. Spook Country
by Gibson, William
- Same author
Tito is in his early twenties. Born in Cuba, he speaks fluent Russian, lives in one room in a NoLita warehouse, and does delicate jobs involving information transfer.Hollis Henry is...
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Blue Ant book 3
28. Zero History
by Gibson, William
- Same author
Set among London's dark and tangled streets after the money-crash , Zero History is a thriller about the hidden webs and patterns that underlie the new century. Former rock singer...
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29. Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
- On the same lists
Is there anything new to be done with a post-apocalypse scenario? Well, read Station Eleven and find out.In a performance of King Lear, one snowy night in Toronto, the leading...
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30. The Martian
by Weir, Andy
- On the same lists
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . utterly compelling.”—The...
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