Books like Akira, Vol. 3
12 books with a reading profile close to Akira, Vol. 3 by Katsuhiro Otomo. Deep and escapist; a moderate read.
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Akira, Vol. 1
Also escapist · narrative, science fiction
Set in the year 2019, thirty-one years after a nuclear explosion leveled Tokyo, the story follows a teenage biker gang navigating the neon-lit ruins of Neo-Tokyo.
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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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1985
by Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess
Also deep · science fiction, experimental
Anthony Burgess divides this work into a critical analysis and a fictional response to George Orwell’s dystopian vision.
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Julia
Also deep · narrative, science fiction
Julia is a feminist retelling of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, shifting the perspective from Winston Smith to his lover, Julia Worthing.
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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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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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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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There Is No Antimemetics Division
by qntm
Also deep · science fiction, experimental
The story follows the Antimemetics Division, a secret department within the SCP Foundation tasked with containing ideas that defend themselves through censorship or memory erasure.
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
Also deep · narrative, experimental
Tom Wolfe documents the cross-country travels of Ken Kesey and his community of followers, the Merry Pranksters, aboard their painted bus named Furthur.
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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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V for Vendetta
by Alan Moore
Also deep · narrative, experimental
Set in a near-future London ruled by the Norsefire fascist party, the narrative follows Evey Hammond, a young woman rescued from the secret police by a masked anarchist known as V.
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