Essential Cyberpunk Books - Part 1

Discover the must-read cyberpunk books in Part 1 of our essential guide. Explore dystopian futures, high-tech noir, and iconic classics that define the genre.

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The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester

In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves …
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A. Heinlein

Science fiction-roman.
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner One of The …
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Gravity's Rainbow

by Thomas Pynchon

In the mid-1960s, the publication of Pynchon's V and The Crying of Lot 49 introduced a brilliant new voice to American literature. Gravity's Rainbow, his …
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The Shockwave Riders

by John Brunner

He was the most dangerous fugitive alive, but he didn’t exist! Nickie Haflinger had lived a score of lifetimes . . . but technically he …
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The Ophiuchi Hotline

by John Varley

Following the effortless capture of Earth by vastly superior aliens, humanity was left to fight for existence on the Moon and other lumps of airless …
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True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier

by Vernor Vinge

A collection of articles and essays about the new frontier of the Internet, especially a direct interface between brain and computer that enables game players …
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Neuromancer

by William Gibson

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer is a science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks as one of the twentieth century’s …
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Schismatrix plus : includes Schismatrix and selected stories from Crystal Express

by Bruce Sterling

Here is a definitive edition of one of the most beloved worlds in science fiction--fans will love it. In the last decade, Bruce Sterling has …
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Burning Chrome

by William Gibson

Best-known for his seminal sf novel Neuromancer, William Gibson is actually best when writing short fiction. Tautly-written and suspenseful, Burning Chrome collects 10 of his …
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Count Zero

by William Gibson

In the future world of the Sprawl, an urban complex that extends from Boston to Houston, a sentient computer data base known as the Cyberspace …
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When Gravity Fails

by George Alec Effinger

The classic of cyberpunk SF
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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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Wetware

by Rudy von Bitter Rucker

Stahn, a searcher is hired by Mr. Yukawa, a molecular biologist, to find Della Taze, his missing assistant, and discovers that the Boppers, moon-based robots …