Best cyberpunk science fiction books according to redditors
We found 118 Reddit comments discussing the best cyberpunk science fiction books. We ranked the 47 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 118 Reddit comments discussing the best cyberpunk science fiction books. We ranked the 47 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Suriko and Aura seemed to be around in the KS IRC pretty regularly, /u/cplcrud also hangs out there in addition to posting on this sub.
cplcrud still writes and recently published this.
Raemz AKA Weee does art for lots of things, including this VN pretty recently. She has a patreon.
Last I heard Suriko is writing for two VN projects as well.
TheHivemind does a podcast as well as a serial fiction
Some of my favorite books available on Kindle Unlimited:
They Mostly Come Out At Night and Where the Waters Turn Black by Benedict Patrick
Paternus by Dyrk Ashton
Danse Macabre by Laura M. Hughes
The Half Killed by Quenby Olson
A Star Reckoners Lot by Darrell Drake
Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
Jaeth's Eye by K. S. Villoso
Here are some that I haven't read, but have heard mostly positive things about:
The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes
Revenant Winds by Mitchell Hogan
Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R Fletcher
A Warrior's Path by Davis Ashura
Valley of Embers by Steven Kelliher
Faithless by Graham Austin-King. He also has another series, The Riven Wyrde Saga, beginning with Fae - The Wild Hunt
Ours is the Storm by D. Thourson Palmer
Path of Man by Matt Moss
Threat of Madness by D.K. Holmberg
To Whatever End by Claire Frank
House of Blades by Will Wight
Path of Flames by Phil Tucker
The Woven Ring by M. D. Presley
Awaken Online: Catharsis by Travis Bagwell
Wolf of the North by Duncan M. Hamilton
Free the Darkness by Kel Kade
The Cycle of Arawn Trilogy by Edward W. Robinson
Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw
Benjamim Ashwood by AC Cobble
The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson
The Queens Poinsoner by Jeff Wheeler
Stiger's Tigers by Marc Alan Edelheit
Rise of the Ranger by Philip C. Quaintrell
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
Devil's Night Dawning by Damien Black
Here are some older fantasy and sci-fi books that I enjoyed:
Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany - African inspired S&S by an extremely talented writer.
Witch World as well as other good books by Andre Norton
Swords and Deviltry The first volume of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser by Fritz Leiber - Many of the tropes of the rogue/thief came from this legendary duo created by Leiber. And it's worth noting that Leiber actually coined the term Sword & Sorcery. This collection contains 3 stories, two average origin stories for each character and the final story is the Hugo and Nebula winning novella "Ill Met in Lankhmar" detailing the first meeting of Fafhrd and The Grey Mouser.
Swords Against Darkness - A '70s S&S anthology. It has few stinkers, a few mediocre stories, and a some really good ones. Poul Anderson and Ramsey Campbell both have awesome stories in this anthology that are well worth checking out. For some reason, there were quite a few typos in this book, it was slightly distracting, but may have been fixed since I read it.
The Best of C. L. Moore by C. L. Moore. I read this earlier this year and I absolutely loved it. The collection is all sci-fi and one Jirel of Joiry story, which is her famous female Sword & Sorcery character. I was suprised by how well her sci-fi stories held up, often times pulp sci-fi doesn't age well, but this collection was great. Moore was married to the writer Henry Kuttner, and up until his death they wrote a bunch of great stories together. Both of their collections are basically collaborations, although I'm sure a few stories were done solo. His collection The Best of Henry Kuttner features the short story that the movie The Last Mimzy was based on. And, if you are into the original Twilight Zone TV series there is a story that was adapted into a memorable season 1 episode entitled "What You Need". Kuttner and Moore are two of my favorite pulp authors and I'm not even that into science fiction, but I really enjoy their work.
It seems like a busy thread to me! Suppose it has been busier, though. Linking one from each:
/u/ksvilloso Jaeth's Eye
The minor characters in an epic story are often forgotten, relegated to the dusty corners of a text; footnotes in a biased account that draws focus on the privileged, the named, and the powerful. This is a story from those shadows.
The lives of a mercenary, a seamstress, and a merchant converge. Kefier, who is picking up the pieces of his life after his brother’s accident, finds himself chased down by former associates for his friend’s death. Already once branded a murderer, he crosses paths with his friend’s sister, Sume, whose only desire is to see her family through troubled times. In the meantime, young, arrogant Ylir takes a special interest in Kefier while he himself is entangled in a battle with a powerful mage, one whose name has been long forgotten in legend. At the crux of their conflict is a terrible creature with one eye, cast from the womb of a witch, with powers so immense whoever possesses it holds the key to bring the continent to its knees.
Jaeth’s Eye introduces an epic fantasy tale of revenge and lost kingdoms, but also of grief, love, hope, and a promise for tomorrow. The Agartes Epilogues gets to the heart of epic fantasy from the sidelines.
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/u/benedictpatrick They Mostly Come Out At Night
The villagers of the forest seal themselves in their cellars at night, whispering folktales to each other about the monsters that prey on them in the dark. Only the Magpie King, their shadowy, unseen protector, can keep them safe.
However, when an outcast called Lonan begins to dream of the Magpie King’s defeat at the hands of inhuman invaders, this young man must do what he can to protect his village. He is the only person who can keep his loved ones from being stolen away after dark, and to do so he will have to convince them to trust him again.
They Mostly Come Out At Night is the first novel from Benedict Patrick’s Yarnsworld series. Straddling the line between fantasy and folklore, this book is perfect for fans of the darker Brothers Grimm stories.
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/u/undyrk Paternus
The gods of myth, monsters of legend, heroes and villains of lore.
They're real -- and they're coming back to finish a war that's been waged since the dawn of time.
Fi Patterson and Zeke Prisco's daily routine of caring for the elderly at a local hospital is shattered when a catatonic patient named Peter unwittingly thrusts them into a conflict between ageless beings beyond reckoning. A war of which he is the primary target, and perhaps the cause.
In order to survive, Fi and Zeke must forget everything they know about the world and come to grips with the astonishing reality of the Firstborn. Only then can they hope to learn the secrets locked in Peter's mind, help stave off an ancient evil that's been known by many names and feared by all, and discover truths about themselves perhaps best left hidden.
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/u/tanniel The Eagle's Flight
Peace in the Seven Realms of Adalmearc is only as strong as those who rule them. With the death of the high king and his heir too young to assume the throne, political intrigues fill the landscape as the leading noble families scheme and plot their way to power. Meanwhile, enemies abroad sense the changes and make their own preparations.
Standing as a safeguard against both foreign foes as well as enemies closer to heart are the Order and its knights. Keeping the realms of Adalmearc united and at peace is their foremost duty. But when the strife turns political and the enemy is difficult to discern, when alliances shift and allegiances are torn, even the hitherto unassailable honour of a knight may become stained.
The Eagle's Flight compiles the first three of the Chronicles of Adalmearc. It is a journey into the world of Adal, its realms, peoples, cultures, and conflicts.
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/u/stevenkelliher Valley of Embers
For hundreds of years, the flame-wielding Embers have been the last line of defense against the nightmare creatures from the World Apart, but the attacks are getting worse. Kole Reyna guards Last Lake from the terrors of the night, but he fears for his people’s future.
When Kole is wounded by a demon unlike any they have seen before, the Emberfolk believe it is a sign of an ancient enemy returned, a powerful Sage known as the Eastern Dark.
Kole has never trusted in prophecy, but with his people hanging on the precipice, he reluctantly agrees to lead the Valley’s greatest warriors in a last desperate bid for survival. Together, they will risk everything in search of a former ally long-thought dead, and whether Kole trusts him or not, he may be the only one capable of saving them.
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/u/stevethomas Klondaeg Omnibus
Monsters killed his parents, and Klondaeg is out for revenge. Armed with a double-headed battle-axe with a split personality, Klondaeg travels the world, teaming up with its mightiest adventurers to battle every monster he can find. Klondaeg is the greatest monster hunter in all of history, but the world needs more than a monster hunter. It needs a lord of heroes.
This omnibus edition collects all of Klondaeg’s outrageous adventures, including “Klondaeg The Monster Hunter,” “Klondaeg Saves Fromsday,” “Klondaeg and the Klondaeg Hunters,” and “Klondaeg: Lord of Heroes.”
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/u/salaris Sufficiently Advanced Magic
Five years ago, Corin Cadence’s brother entered the Serpent Spire — a colossal tower with ever-shifting rooms, traps, and monsters. Those who survive the spire’s trials return home with an attunement: a mark granting the bearer magical powers. According to legend, those few who reach the top of the tower will be granted a boon by the spire’s goddess.
He never returned.
Now, it’s Corin’s turn. He’s headed to the top floor, on a mission to meet the goddess.
If he can survive the trials, Corin will earn an attunement, but that won’t be sufficient to survive the dangers on the upper levels. For that, he’s going to need training, allies, and a lot of ingenuity.
The journey won’t be easy, but Corin won’t stop until he gets his brother back.
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/u/ashearmstrong A Demon in the Desert
Grimluk is an orc with one purpose: hunting demons.
The Wastelands mining town of Greenreach Bluffs is deteriorating: with each passing day its inhabitants grow more fearful and paranoid, plagued by...something. They suffer nightmares and hallucinations, there are murders at the mine; the community is on the brink of madness and ruin and, as events escalate, realization dawns: the town has a demon problem. Two attempts at hunting it down fail, Greenreach Bluffs is at breaking point...and then Grimluk the Orc strides in out of the Wastes to answer their call for salvation.
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/u/pirateaba The Wandering Inn
An inn is a place to rest, a place to talk and share stories, or a place to find adventures, a starting ground for quests and legends.
In this world, at least. To Erin Solstice, an inn seems like a medieval relic from the past. But here she is, running from Goblins and trying to survive in a world full of monsters and magic. She’d be more excited about all of this if everything wasn’t trying to kill her.
But an inn is what she found, and so that’s what she becomes. An innkeeper who serves drinks to heroes and monsters–
Actually, mostly monsters. But it’s a living, right?
This is the story of the Wandering Inn.
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/u/michaelrfletcher Ghosts of Tomorrow
The children are the future.
And someone is turning them into highly trained killing machines.
Straight out of school, Griffin, a junior Investigations agent for the North American Trade Union, is put on the case: Find and close the illegal crèches. No one expects him to succeed, Griffin least of all. Installed in a combat chassis Abdul, a depressed seventeen year old killed during the Secession Wars in Old Montreal, is assigned as Griffin's Heavy Weapons support. Nadia, a state-sanctioned investigative reporter working the stolen children story, pushes Griffin ever deeper into the nightmare of the black market brain trade.
Deep in the La Carpio slums of Costa Rica, the scanned mind of an autistic girl runs the South American Mafia's business interests. But she wants more. She wants freedom. And she has come to see humanity as a threat. She has an answer: Archaeidae. At fourteen, he is the deadliest assassin alive. Two children against the world.
The world is going to need some help.
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/u/will_wight Unsouled
Sacred artists follow a thousand Paths to power, using their souls to control the forces of the natural world.
Lindon is Unsouled, forbidden to learn the sacred arts of his clan.
When faced with a looming fate he cannot ignore, he must rise beyond anything he's ever known...and forge his own Path.
You know you can just use the u/cplcrud thing and I'll be here.
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Or cplcrud.wordpress.com and lucida96.wordpress.com
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And my books are on Amazon
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01LWUXA6U
(reposting with an actual image of the cover; a bit new to reddit)
A month ago, I released the first half of a two-part story on Amazon, an unpublished project I'd been sitting on since about 2010 while trad-pub had me chasing my tail. I decided to go ahead and self-publish it in the midst of this resurgence of cyberpunk media. Sequel coming Soon™.
Its style is unashamedly Gibsonian and Chandleresque, and other (non-novel) influences include the 1998 film Dark City and the Deus Ex and Thief series of video games. And in classic Gibson style, the plot is constructed from multiple interconnected story threads—a cyborg detective infatuated with a Galatean gynoid, a blind thief and cryptovirologist whose eyes only let her see electronic telecommunication, a megacorp supersoldier with a century of combat training, and a wisecracking computer worm with chatterbot ancestry, among others.
Link here.
From Amazon:
>A century after the plague…
>A digitized humanity lives on in a simulation corrupted since the start, exiled by accident to a long-forgotten prototype city—an island in an endlessly looping black ocean. There, in the eternal night of a sky long deleted, under endless rains, the last living architects of the new world are plagued by a prophecy of numbers predicting a fatal system crash.
>Chizuru is a KAMI-class AI for whom years of recursive self-improvement have revealed to her the nature of her reality as a novel. Armed with this insight, she ends a decades-long isolation to enact her own repairs until an "accident" disables her surrogate body.
>She's forced to manipulate a cast of rogues into doing her bidding—the waging of a subtle war against the very same architects who would save the system. For her, the threat is not their digital end of days but something else out there, an enemy uncertain even to her.
The cover and interior art are the work of the talented Nolan Lu. Some of you might remember him from a previous post on this subreddit. You can also find him on Instagram (where he's uploaded some of the chapter illustrations) and on ArtStation.
And you can certainly ask me (almost) anything, as well.
Lukjanenko
The Crafting of Chess kind of fits from what I remember. There are plots about past situations, game company things, but most of what he MC does meets that description.
https://www.amazon.com/Crafting-Chess-LitRPG-adventure-ebook/dp/B07P1YRHTX
Spinward an artifical dreamstate novel also works. It takes place almost entirely in the game.
https://www.amazon.com/Spinward-Artificial-Dream-State-Novel-ebook/dp/B01KQOSHYK
Also look at: You need a bigger sword, Battle Spire, Codename Freedom, Stonehaven league.
Very well, I feel like it's ok if directly asked for.
The Gorgon Effect, Minds of Stone 1
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06W53G2JX/ref=la_B06X3S72GD_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486765255&sr=1-1
Yeah man... I've been broadening my horizons. Not sure why I'm so addicting to this genre but I keep searching for that next fix. I stumble upon some litrpg-adjacent novels that scratch the itch, like Persephone Rising and Perilous Waif, (those were pretty good) but then I feel the need to read more cybernetics-enhanced battle women books like those and it's back to square one.
Spinward
Não vou dizer apenas um. Mas os mais recentes:
O ótimo a elite do atraso de Jessé de Souza(nao li a versão atualizada)
Sobre a realidade brasileira
https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B07N92TMY1/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
O candomblé bem explicado de George Maurício e Verá de Oxalá
Sobre religioes de mateiz africana.
https://www.amazon.com.br/candombl%C3%A9-bem-explicado-Na%C3%A7%C3%B5es-Iorub%C3%A1-ebook/dp/B016R0N7DI
2084 Mundos Cyberpunk - diversos autores
diversos ficção punk brasileira ótimo para conhecer novos autores
https://www.amazon.com.br/2084-Mundos-Cyberpunks-M%C3%A1rio-Bentes-ebook/dp/B07JNDHHMD
Doughnut Economics Kate Raworth
Para repensar a economia mundial
https://www.amazon.com/Doughnut-Economics-Seven-21st-Century-Economist/dp/1603586741
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A era do capital improdutivo de Ladislau Dowbor (Dowbor.org)
Para repensar o capitalismo e a exploração do trabalho
http://dowbor.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Dowbor-_-A-ERA-DO-CAPITAL-IMPRODUTIVO.pdf
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations de Adam smith
Para se pensar capitalismo logo no início e ver onde que o Rio fez a curva
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300
Dica o projeto Gutenberg tem muito livro bom e de graça. E em português.
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AJ Wiseman 2018/11/1 Breaking Bard: Serenade (Chronicles of Rithmarck Book 1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HD3CJ13
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C. Wintertide 2018/11/1 Neverfall: Mark of the Hero (A Gamelit Lit RPG Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H8RKR9R
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demi 2018/11/1 World Of Legends Online: Volume 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K49L5CM
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Kimiko Petaway 2018/11/1 How To Tame Your Dragon Volume III: A LitRPG Harem Adventure https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K4V5WDH
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L.E. Carter 2018/11/1 Sorcerer's Quest: A LitRPG Adventure https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JNDXLCG
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Cobyboy and Tithi Luadthong 2018/11/2 The FPS Deity: A Fantasy LitRPG Series- First Contact (Book 1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K565VC7
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Dakota Krout 2018/11/2 Dungeon Desolation (The Divine Dungeon Book 4) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HYVJKRP
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Riley Morrison 2018/11/2 Visaria Online: Odyssey: A litRPG Fantasy Adventure Book 3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JN734XQ
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Java Springs 2018/11/3 Gacha System- Dungeon Core Spawner: Chronicles of a Transmigrated Summoner (Gachapon System Book 1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K5YN4BF
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M. A. Carlson 2018/11/3 World Tree Online: The Duchess of Hammers: 2nd Dive Begins https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K18B1XR
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A. J. Chaudhury 2018/11/4 The Goat King's Wives Online https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K6G56FR
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A.P. Gore and Patricia Jones 2018/11/4 Cursemancer: BlackFlame Online Book 1 (LitRpg Adventure) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JQ2XBP2
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Anna Eluvae 2018/11/4 Claiming His Legacy: Part I https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K6XTC2W
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FRIDA D'MENTO 2018/11/4 SUPERF***ED https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K6XQYBB
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Matthew Powell 2018/11/4 The Three Recruits: The Ascendant Book 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K6TTJ9W
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Nick Cole 2018/11/4 Pop Kult Warlord (Soda Pop Soldier Book 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K6SRSLW
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Robert Bevan and Joan Reginaldo 2018/11/4 6d6 (Caverns and Creatures) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K6WFHZW
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Stuart Grosse 2018/11/4 Lewd Dungeon: Book 9 - Falling to Darkness https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K6TKCHW
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Natalie Hunter 2018/11/6 The Queen's Revenge (Magic & Melodrama Book 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K8L4YYF
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Stuart Grosse 2018/11/7 Rules-Free VRMMO Life: Omnibus IV (Volumes 13-16) (VRMMO Life Omnibus Book 4) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KB6NSW3
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Valery Starsky and Valeria Kornosenko 2018/11/7 Transformation LitRPG https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JR4S88K
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Jan Stryvant 2018/11/8 Red Skies (The Valens Legacy Book 11) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KC2BKHY
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Stuart Grosse 2018/11/8 Into the Black: Book XVI: Moving Forward https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KC5HZBT
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Stuart Grosse 2018/11/8 Into the Black: Omnibus IV: Books 13-16 (Into the Black Omnibus Book 4) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KC7PN15
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Stuart Grosse 2018/11/8 Rules-Free VRMMO Life: Volume XVII - Malcanthet https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KBXBJ5V
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Derek Rhys 2018/11/9 HereAfter: Dragons Rising https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KD43BS6
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K.T. Hanna 2018/11/9 Fragments (Somnia Online Book 3) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KCZ7HN3
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Rebecca Jensen 2018/11/9 The Excisionists: Book 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KDJRJQG
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William D. Arand 2018/11/9 Super Sales on Super Heroes Omnibus Edition: Rise and Fall (Books 1-3) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KDKCSLL
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Harmon Cooper 2018/11/14 Apotheosis Boom (The Feedback Loop Book 8) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K7QVXSB
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A. J. Galelyn 2018/11/15 For A Few Minutes More: A Book of Cerulea (Sam's Song 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K4V8HB9
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Crissy Moss 2018/11/16 Steel Soul: Yevelia Book 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JY63F42
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Nick Ryder 2018/11/16 Hero's Dungeon 2: A Superhero Dungeon Core Novel https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JMQVYMZ
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Avril Sabine and Storm Petersen 2018/11/18 Guardians Of The Round Table 3: Singed Feathers https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GQ2V1YQ
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William Dickey 2018/11/18 The Otherist: The Ice Lands (Book 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KDKGBN9
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Vasily Mahanenko and Eugenia Dmitrieva 2018/11/19 A Song of Shadow (The Bard from Barliona Book #2) LitRPG series https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GX1C6X1
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Antony W.F. Chow 2018/11/20 CHRONICLES of a PC Gamer Stuck Inside an RPG: Book Two: Successor https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KDJXF4K
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D. L. Harrison 2018/11/20 Island Kingdoms' War: Evolution Online III (A LitRPG) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HFH3722
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A.T. Gilbert 2018/11/22 Fate of Camlan: A LitRPG Adventure (Camlan Realm Book 4) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JDX2TCT
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Dean Henegar 2018/11/23 Limitless Lands Book 2: Conquest (A LitRPG Adventure) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K1DX253
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Nicholas Knight 2018/11/25 Kaiju for Dummies: A LitRPG Kaiju Thriller (Kaiju Wars Offline Book 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KDCFVLQ
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Terry W. Ervin II 2018/11/26 Guild: A LitRPG Novella (Monsters, Maces and Magic Book 3) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JQB93MP
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James Hunter and eden Hudson 2018/11/27 Civil War: A litRPG Adventure (The Rogue Dungeon Book 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K56G2T9
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ilo man 2018/11/29 Goblin Goblin: XdCeX Online - Discretion Guaranteed (Wanton Witch Book 3) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K6VR5RY
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Angel Ramon 2018/11/30 Angel’s Nightmare Adventure: Ultimate Nightmare Set (A GameLit Survivor Horror Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KBGJC6S
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Edward Brody and Matias Trabold 2018/11/30 Eden's Gate: The Omen: A LitRPG Adventure https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JGF91JP
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If you are okay with litRPGs, Awaken Online is pretty good. It fits the necromancer aspect fairly well.
https://www.amazon.com/Spinward-Artificial-Dream-State-Novel-ebook/dp/B01KQOSHYK/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1495998268&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=spunward - Spinward's MC is female
https://www.amazon.com/Valhalla-Online-Kevin-O-McLaughlin-ebook/dp/B06XRBQT8X/ref=sr_1_112?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1495998636&sr=1-112&keywords=litrpg+kindle
https://www.amazon.com/Ravengers-Cyberpunk-2-0-2-0-Stephen-Billias/dp/0446602329
and https://www.amazon.com/Holo-Cyberpunk-2-0-2-0-Stephen-Billias/dp/0446602337/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
are the only ones listed under Wikipedia for novels in the universe. Though many of the rule books for 2020 have a lot of lore in them worth reading.
There is a book series called "The Game Is Life" that follows this pretext.
The first few books do a good job of explaining the universe and concept while latter books delve more into characterization and expanding on smaller concepts.
Awaken Online. I have read it and really loved it.
The book The Game is a perfect example of this.
Link
Have you read "The Game is Life"? If you've dreamed of that, you might find this interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/Game-Life-Book-ebook/dp/B009U5TCKU
There are a couple of Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0. novels by Stephen Billas. They accompany the Cyberpunk 2020 (no idea why they stylized it with the decimals) role playing game system. I only heard about this because CD Projekt Red (makers of The Witcher series) are making a game called Cyberpunk 2077 (updating the date because it'll only be out a few years before 2020).
I started reading The Ravengers, but got bored. YMMV.
There is also Holo Men.
No comment on quality, but they definitely fit your request.
a seconds long movie drives a person into a sort of psychosis, forcing one's subconsciousness to perceive a simple 3D game as real world ..отпусти меня, glubina xD
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The Blade Guardian (Aether Gate Online book 2) is out now!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KV7QNKG
July was good.
I published two novels this month and they are totally unrelated.
First one (and my debut novel) is titled "Janitors of the Late Space Age" (207 pages). It is a science fiction novel inspired by a video game actually - the Space Engineers. In the end I kinda like how it panned out: a bit slow to start but hopefully it conveys that lonely feeling of traveling through space and roaming over uninhabited planets. So far the reviews are good!
Link: [Amazon kindle and paperback] (https://www.amazon.com/Janitors-Late-Space-Age-Engineers-ebook/dp/B072RJKXNX/)
The second novel - I am really excited about that one - is titled "Four Zero Four" (207 pages). It's a raw story. I've included snippets of real-world news (American elections influenced by hackers and memes, crowdfunded useless inventions and similar) and it fitted PERFECTLY with the cyberpunk theme. Four Zero Four is something that was only recently published, and I want to properly launch it in about two weeks - please feel free to grab it and review it by then.
Link: Amazon kindle and paperback
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Hello everyone, I'm new to reddit but I thought I would come here and announce that I have a novella out called, Synthetic Heart. It's a cyberpunk story. In a megacity on the moon of Dione, Unit Seven and Beta Nine are rescued from certain death by an old man who used to repair units like Seven. Taking them into his home, he reprograms them and gives them a new life, free from the slavery of human laws.
I would appreciate it if people read it and gave feedback. It's part of a series I'm creating, so there will be more stories. I plan to make them into one book eventually. I also plan to create a trilogy from the same universe. I hope you'll check out Synthetic Heart on Amazon, and feel free to visit my website, www.writersjbass.com
Funny you should ask. I was reading a scifi adventure story, first person POV, and the narrator dies at the end. Trying to avoid spoiling it for anyone reading it I will provide a link below, but I would suggest giving it a read. The author is well known and very talented. It was a shock when the narrator died, but it made complete sense. It was even more shocking since I knew this was book 1 of a series. Like, how does the narrator die and there be a series? I bought book and will start reading it tomorrow.
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>! https://www.amazon.com/Titanborn-Children-Titan-Book-1-ebook/dp/B07MK2BH6J/ !<
Hey Folks,
Awrighty! I have three novels available and a fourth available for pre-orders which will be released in August.
And so...
BEYOND REDEMPTION:
What? You haven't read this yet? AIGH!
It was published in 2015, made a slew of Best of the Year lists, and was called grimdarker than grimdark even though I'd never heard of the genre when I wrote it.
"Set in a world where madness equates to power, Michael R. Fletcher's Beyond Redemption is often as nightmarish as it is fascinating. An alarming, original and compulsive tale laced with a blackly comic sensibility. Highly recommended."
--Anthony Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of Blood Song
Back of Book Copy.....
Faith shapes the landscape, defines the laws of physics, and makes a mockery of truth. Common knowledge isn't an axiom, it's a force of nature. What the masses believe is. But insanity is a weapon, conviction a shield. Delusions give birth to foul new gods.
Violent and dark, the world is filled with the Geisteskranken--men and women whose delusions manifest, twisting reality. High Priest Konig seeks to create order from chaos. He defines the beliefs of his followers, leading their faith to one end: a young boy, Morgen, must Ascend to become a god. A god they can control.
But there are many who would see this would-be-god in their thrall, including the High Priest's own Doppels, and a Slaver no one can resist. Three reprobates--The Greatest Swordsman in the World, a murderous Kleptic, and possibly the only sane man left--have their own nefarious plans for the young god.
As these forces converge on the boy, there's one more obstacle: time is running out. When one's delusions become more powerful, they become harder to control. The fate of the Geisteskranken is to inevitably find oneself in the Afterdeath.
The question, then, is: Who will rule there?
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Redemption-Michael-R-Fletcher-ebook/dp/B00NUV1LJK/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
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THE MIRROR'S TRUTH:
This is the sequel to Beyond Redemption and one a Stabby from you lovely folks for best Indie/Self-published novel in 2016!
"Pitch black humour, magically enhanced insanity and brutality cranked to eleven."
--Anthony Ryan, best-selling author of Blood Song
"Michael Fletcher's MANIFEST DELUSIONS is the grimdarkest of grimdark, a filthy, rotting, fascinating world full of intriguing psychotics. There'snothing else in the genre quite like it."
--Django Wexler, author of The Shadow Campaigns series.
Back of Book Copy.....
Where belief defines reality, delusions are both strength and curse: The deeper you sink into madness the more powerful you become. But that power comes with a price. Your darkest nightmares hunt you at night. The face in the mirror hates you and wants to be free. Your fears manifest and plot your destruction.
Bedeckt defined himself by the list of crimes he was unwilling to commit. It was such a short list. How could straying from it have gone so wrong?
Now Bedeckt must undo the damage caused by wandering from his precious list. The Geborene god seeks to remake the world with his obsessive need for cleanliness and perfection, but Bedeckt is going to bring him down. Nothing can stop him. Not even death.
The two friends he abandoned in the Afterdeath chase after Bedeckt, bent on revenge. Psychotic assassins hunt him. Something cold and evil follows, lurking in the clouds above, shredding reality with its delusions. Madness and sanity war, stretching and tearing the very fabric of existence.
The dead shall rise.
https://www.amazon.com/Mirrors-Truth-Novel-Manifest-Delusions-ebook/dp/B01MCZ2ECN/ref=pd_sim_351_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=N4RQCP6BAG983RH47DV1
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GHOSTS OF TOMORROW
I self-published this slice of nasty SF in early 2017.
"Thoughtful, fast-paced, and beautifully brutal. Highly recommended."
--Anna Smith-Spark, author of The Court of Broken Knives.
"Formidable, violent, and fun as hell."
--Smash Dragons reviews
Back of Book Copy.....
The children are the future.
And someone is turning them into highly trained killing machines.
Straight out of school, Griffin, a junior Investigations agent for the North American Trade Union, is put on the case: Find and close the illegal crèches. No one expects him to succeed, Griffin least of all. Installed in a combat chassis Abdul, a depressed seventeen year old killed during the Secession Wars in Old Montreal, is assigned as Griffin's Heavy Weapons support. Nadia, a state-sanctioned investigative reporter working the stolen children story, pushes Griffin ever deeper into the nightmare of the black market brain trade.
Deep in the La Carpio slums of Costa Rica, the scanned mind of an autistic girl runs the South American Mafia's business interests. But she wants more. She wants freedom. And she has come to see humanity as a threat. She has an answer: Archaeidae. At fourteen, he is the deadliest assassin alive. Two children against the world.
The world is going to need some help.
https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Tomorrow-Michael-R-Fletcher-ebook/dp/B06VTF9BSG/ref=pd_sim_351_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=1Q5BGNK7ZSKAJWG18R06
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SWARM AND STEEL
This one is being published by the folks at Skyhorse/Nightshade/Talos, is available for pre-order, and ships August 22, 2017.
Back of Book Copy.....
To escape the hell she created, a woman must team up with a novice warrior and return to her homeland in this gritty epic fantasy where delusions are literally made real.
Zerfall awakens in an alley, wounded and unable to remember her past. Chased by an assassin out into the endless wastes of the desert, she is caught, disfigured, and left for dead. Her scabbard is empty, but the need for answers—and the pull of her sword—will draw her back to the city-states.
When Jateko, a naïve youth, accidentally kills a member of his own tribe, he finds himself outcast and pursued across the desert for his crimes. Crazed from dehydration, dying of thirst and hunger, he stumbles across Zerfall.
Hunted by assassins and bound by mutual need, both Zerfall and Jeteko will confront the Täuschung, an ancient and deranged religion ruled by a broken fragment of Zerfall’s mind. Swarm, the Täuschung hell, seethes with imprisoned souls, but where gods—real or imagined—meddle in the affairs of man, the cost is high.
In Swarm and Steel, the power of belief can manifest and shape reality, and for political and religious leaders, faith becomes a powerful tool. But the insane are capable of twisting reality with their delusions as well, turning increasingly dangerous as their sanity crumbles. It is here that a long prophesied evil will be born, an endless hunger. The All Consuming will rise.
https://www.amazon.com/Swarm-Steel-Michael-R-Fletcher/dp/1940456894/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
And that's it for me!
Well, it depends on how hardcore you want the slice of life fully embedded in your story.
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There is the Level Up series by Dan Sugralinov. A group of aliens has a convoluted reason why they need to give gamer powers to an ordinary Russian. He used the power to find a better job, get a few exercises in, find time to enjoy his hobbies, get better friends and better girl. In the end, there is a big contest to see if he should keep his powers or not so there is a semblance of goal in the story.
https://www.amazon.com/Re-Start-Level-UP-Book-1/dp/B07JXS4RNY
Then there is the game of life series by Terry Schott. As I understand the story, Earth is like the game world and players will go into this device and for a while, they will forget who they are because they will become babies, then they grow up into teens, then adulthood. They will get a job, marry, raised a family, then watched as their children grow up. Then they will grow old and finally die. At that time, they will return back to themselves and realized that they are playing a game. The viewers will then judge who among them have the most interesting life. hardcore slice of life!
https://www.amazon.com/Game-Life-Book-ebook/dp/B009U5TCKU
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both are in KU right now.
Also here is the link to the german Amazon product page: link
If you like this idea, there is a great book called 'The Game' somewhere out there with a slightly similar construct.
Edit: The Game by Terry Schott
Yes, there is a science-fiction book about this. It's called "The Game" by Terry Schott.
https://www.amazon.com/Game-Life-Book-ebook/dp/B009U5TCKU
Read the Book: [The Game is life] (https://www.amazon.de/Game-Life-Book-English-ebook/dp/B009U5TCKU)
They explain it relatively well. It is quite interesting, especially how the main character wrote in his last playthrough a book about them living only in a simulation but only made a few copies. And in his next playthrough he finds that book and found upon it a religion that believes they are living inside of a game.
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I'm assuming that you mean Cyberpunk franchise, not the genre, since otherwise your post will be deleted.
I found this and this that are supposed to take place in the Cyberpunk 2020 universe.
Howdy all! Yes, the rumors are true. Paternus is getting a new cover. Artwork by John Anthony Di Giovanni and typography by Shawn King, the team that also did Mike Fletcher's Ghosts of Tomorrow. Think dark and foreboding, badass buffalo demon and dude with a glowing spear. Hopefully now it won't look like all the things it isn't, like "Harry Potter fanfic," "Hardy Boys meets Scooby-doo," "Nancy Drew and gang explore a cave," "Nathan Fillion and young Mark Hamill in the woods, with an inexplicable appearance by Zoey Deschanel." All of those things make me grin when I see them, btw, before I slap my forehead.
Meanwhile, it's still the same story some awesome folks have nice things to say about:
“A war of the gods unlike any you've read. Highly recommended!” -Michael R. Fletcher
“This is urban fantasy done right. Not a sparkly vampire or shirtless werewolf in sight, and the pace! Don't make plans to do anything else once you start reading this.” -Graham Austin-King
“Wow! Great ideas, vividly realized. A crucible in which myths are melted and remade to thrilling effect.” -M. R. (Mike) Carey
“Distinctly different, adrenaline fueled fantasy that will keep readers flipping pages well into the wee hours.” -The Qwillery
“Expansive, ambitious, and engrossing ... The action sequences are vivid, and the prose is fleet ... There’s just something wondrous and wide-eyed about Mr. Ashton’s flouting of convention and genre ... The result is almost giddy.” -Josiah Bancroft
“One of the most singularly inventive, creative and exciting works of fiction I have had the pleasure of reading.” -Steven Kelliher
The gods of myth. The monsters of legend. The heroes and villains of lore.
They're real ... and they're coming back to finish a conflict that's been raging since the dawn of time itself.
For Fi Patterson and Zeke Prisco, their daily routine of caring for the elderly at the local hospital is shattered when a catatonic patient named Peter unwittingly thrusts them into a war between the forces of light and darkness. A war of which he is the primary target, and perhaps the cause.
In order to survive, Fi and Zeke must forget everything they know about the world and join forces with mythic figures called the Firstborn. Only then can they hope to learn the secrets locked in Peter's mind, help stave off an ancient evil that's been known by many names and feared by all, and perhaps discover truths about themselves best left hidden.
How about Dino porn? Or a novel being optioned for a VR film after being out one week