Books like Akira, Vol. 6
12 books with a reading profile close to Akira, Vol. 6 by Katsuhiro Otomo. Deep; a moderate read.
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Akira, Vol. 1
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
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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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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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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The Mountain in the Sea
by Ray Nayler
narrative, science fiction
Marine biologist Ha Nguyen travels to the remote Con Dao Archipelago to study a colony of octopuses that has developed a sophisticated culture, a symbolic language, and a defensive autonomy.
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Oryx and Crake
Also deep · science fiction, experimental
Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, is the last human survivor in a world populated by the Crakers, a floor-model species of genetically engineered humanoids.
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Poor Things
Also deep · narrative, science fiction
Archibald McCandless, a Glasgow medical student in the 1880s, tells how his friend, the surgeon Godwin Baxter, rescued a drowned pregnant woman and transplanted her unborn child's brain into her body.
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H.G. Wells
narrative, science fiction
Edward Prendick survives a shipwreck in the South Pacific and finds himself stranded on a remote volcanic island.
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The Anomaly
narrative, science fiction
In March 2021, an Air France flight from Paris to New York flies into a violent storm and lands safely at JFK.
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Galápagos
Also deep · science fiction, experimental
Set one million years in the future, the ghost of Leon Trout narrates the regression of the human race.
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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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