Books like Doom Patrol, Vol. 1: Crawling from the Wreckage
12 books with a reading profile close to Doom Patrol, Vol. 1: Crawling from the Wreckage by Grant Morrison. Deep, open-ended and escapist; a moderate read.
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1
Life, the Universe and Everything
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect navigate the galaxy after being stranded on prehistoric Earth for several years.
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2
And Another Thing...
by Eoin Colfer
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Tricia McMillan, and Random wake up from a simulated reality on Earth to find a Vogon fleet preparing to demolish the planet once again.
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3
The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
This book contains the complete scripts for the first twelve episodes of the BBC radio series, including the Primary and Secondary Phases.
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4
The Sirens of Titan
Also deep and open-ended · entertainment, science fiction
Malachi Constant is the wealthiest man in a future America, but his life is redirected by Winston Niles Rumfoord, a space traveler who exists as a wave phenomenon between Earth and Titan.
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Snow Crash
Also escapist · entertainment, 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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6
1985
by Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess
Also deep and open-ended · 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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Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
entertainment, science fiction
Wilbur Swain, last president of the United States, is writing his memoirs from the ruins of Manhattan, now called the Island of Death.
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Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
entertainment, experimental
Alobar, an eighth-century king who refuses to die, escapes his ritual execution and begins an odyssey across centuries alongside a clever peasant girl named Kudra.
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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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10
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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Another Roadside Attraction
by Tom Robbins
Also open-ended · entertainment, experimental
Amanda, a young woman from the South, and her husband John Paul Ziller open a roadside zoo and hot-dog stand in the state of Washington, called Captain Ahab's Discount Zoo.
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Akira, Vol. 1
Also escapist · science fiction, experimental
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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