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xenotron /r/Cyberpunk
6 points
1970-01-20 01:41:42.194 +0000 UTC

Check out The Peripheral by William Gibson for his updated view on cyberpunk. It's still more "near future" than contemporary but it takes the current world into account, rather than sticking with the 80s aesthetic. It imagines a rural community where 3d printing and VR are commonplace. Like, with a 3d printing shop at a strip mall.

The Nexus trilogy takes place in the contemporary world where someone invents a nano-drug that installs a computer in your brain. This series very much takes place in the real world, where the nano-drug is the only real change.

The Analog trilogy is another "near future" but I don't remember any massive improvements on technology. It's all about how "the feed" can manipulate someone's opinion. The feed is never fully described since everyone today already has their own "feed" they get their information from. This series is very much about social engineering, political corruption, and corporate lobbying. And each book is less than 300 pages.

Also, as the other commenters recommended, Daemon by Daniel Suarez was specifically written with current technology in mind. None of the technology in the story is made up. And Little Brother is a young-adult novel about a high schooler who tries to get around government surveillance. This novel tries to teach high schoolers about things like linux and encryption.

Then there's the WWW trilogy by Robert J Sawyer. It's about an AI becoming self-aware in 2009 (when the book was written). This series is almost painfully contemporary in that it's already out-dated. The author included things like livejournal and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which were relevant at the time.

xenotron /r/Cyberpunk
2 points
1970-01-20 06:00:14.11 +0000 UTC

I would recommend reading Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams, The Peripheral by William Gibson, or Irreconcilable Differences by James Strickland (the paperback version has a better description for some reason).

Also, The Peripheral is being made into an Amazon Prime series. Here's the trailer.