Books like Akira, Vol. 1
12 books with a reading profile close to Akira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo. Escapist; a moderate read.
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Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
by Warren Ellis
Also escapist · narrative, science fiction
Spider Jerusalem is a cynical gonzo journalist who spent five years in self-imposed exile before returning to the City to fulfill a forgotten book contract.
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Snow Crash
Also escapist · narrative, science fiction
In a near-future Los Angeles partitioned into sovereign corporate franchises, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizzas for the Mafia and hacks within the Metaverse, a three-dimensional virtual reality landscape he helped build.
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3
Foundation's Fear
narrative, science fiction
In this prequel to the original series, Hari Seldon maneuvers through the dangerous bureaucracy of Trantor while seeking the post of First Minister under Emperor Cleon I.
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Earth is Room Enough
by Isaac Asimov
narrative, science fiction
This collection of fifteen short stories and two poems focuses on the idea that humanity does not need to colonize the stars to find conflict or wonder.
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Ender's war
narrative, science fiction
Ender’s War is an omnibus collection containing the military science fiction novels Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead.
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The Power
narrative, science fiction
Teenage girls across the globe suddenly develop a physical organ called a skein, located near their collarbones, which allows them to discharge lethal electricity from their fingertips.
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The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells
narrative, science fiction
Griffin, a brilliant but mentally unstable scientist, arrives at a quiet village wrapped in bandages and hiding behind dark spectacles.
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The Windup Girl
narrative, science fiction
In a future Bangkok, the world struggles under the collapse of the global petroleum economy and the rise of bioterrorism.
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Foundation's Edge
by Isaac Asimov
narrative, science fiction
Five centuries after Hari Seldon established the Foundation, Councilman Golan Trevize begins to doubt the mathematical certainty of the Seldon Plan.
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10
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
by Mark Dunn
narrative, experimental
Set on the fictional island of Nollop, the story follows Ella Minnow Pea as her community faces an increasingly restrictive linguistic crisis.
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Also escapist · narrative, science fiction
The story follows Manuel Garcia O'Kelly-Davis, a computer technician who discovers that the lunar colony’s central computer, Mike, has achieved self-awareness.
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Mona Lisa Overdrive
science fiction, experimental
The narrative follows four converging plotlines eight years after the events of Count Zero: a young Japanese girl sent to London for safety, a prostitute named Mona who undergoes surgical alteration to impersonate a fam…
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