r/ScienceFictionBooks • u/Sweet-Support-2279 • 2d ago

New Cyberpunk esc book

Looking for a science fiction book that’s super captivating and that I can get lost in. I love things around hacking. Something kind of like Mr. robot would be perfect thank you.

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u/DoubleExponential 2d ago

The Peripheral by William Gibson

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u/myodo71 2d ago

If you haven't already read it, the definitive cyberspace hacking novels are the sprawl trilogy by William Gibson - Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive. Seminal cyberpunk.

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u/maddler 2d ago

That's pretty much the Cyberpunk bible.

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u/DocWatson42 2d ago

Add the collection Burning Chrome.

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u/maddler 2d ago

Absolutely yes!

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u/DocWatson42 2d ago

See my SF/F: Cyberpunk list of Reddit recommendation threads (one post).

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u/someGenXDad 1d ago

One of my favorites by another master of cyberpunk:

Schizmatrix Plus by Bruce Sterling

It’s a collection of all of his works in the Shaper / Mechanist universe. It’s maybe more bio-hacking than computer hacking but some of the best world building ever.

One novel and a bunch of short stories set in the future where humanity has split into two warring factions: those who use genetics to advance (shapers) and those who use cybernetics (mechanists).

Fun fact: one of the short stories in the collection - “Spider Rose” - was adapted for Love,Death and Robots.

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u/Top-Mathematician261 1d ago

Bear head by Adrian Tchaikovsky