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Neuromancer William Gibson 1984 · Science fiction The cooler, more atmospheric father of the genre, which this book riffs on.
Ready Player One Ernest Cline 2011 · Science fiction A simpler and more nostalgic virtual-world adventure that is easier to enter.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 1979 · Science fiction Equally comic and inventive in satirising its society, though gentler and more absurd.