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Books like Neuromancer

If you liked Neuromancer by William Gibson, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. I, Robot

    Isaac Asimov · 1950 · Robot #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics, technology.

    Powell Donovan test Three Laws while Calvin narrates positronic puzzles.

  2. Dune Messiah

    Frank Herbert · 1969 · Dune #2

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Emperor Paul faces jihad fallout as Bene Gesserit and Tleilaxu plot with ghola Duncan to break him.

  3. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick · 1968

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Bounty hunter Rick Deckard retires escaped androids in ruined San Francisco while doubting what empathy still means.

  4. The Time Machine

    H.G. Wells · 1895

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Wells sends a Victorian inventor to the year 802,701, where idle Eloi and blind Morlocks share a dark human fate.

  5. Foundation

    Isaac Asimov · 1951 · Foundation #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Seldon predicts the Empire will fall and seeds Terminus to cut the dark age to a thousand years.

  6. Flowers for Algernon

    Daniel Keyes · 1966

    Because shares tags: classics, science fiction.

    Charlie Gordon's experimental surgery makes him a genius, then the mouse Algernon starts to slip.

  7. Jurassic Park

    Michael Crichton · 1990 · Jurassic Park #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, technology.

    Hammond clones dinosaurs on Isla Nublar and invites Grant, Sattler and Malcolm to certify safety before opening.

  8. A Wrinkle in Time

    Madeleine L'Engle · 1962 · A Wrinkle in Time Quintet #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Meg Murry, Charles Wallace and Calvin tessar past Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which to Camazotz to free Mr Murry from IT.

  9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams · 1979 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide retold: Earth's end, Ford, Zaphod, Marvin, and the answer 42.

  10. The Handmaid's Tale

    Margaret Atwood · 1985 · The Handmaid's Tale #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale retold: Offred in Gilead, the Commander, Serena Joy, Mayday, and the van.

  11. The Giver

    Lois Lowry · 1993 · The Giver #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Lois Lowry's The Giver retold: Jonas's Assignment, the memories, release, and the sled ride out.

  12. Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut · 1969

    Because shares tags: classics, science fiction.

    Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.

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