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Masamune Shirow

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Premise labels used: cyberpunk sequel, information warfare, cyberspace hacking, cyberbrain conflict, transhuman identity

Setting labels used: near future, cyberspace, virtual space, digital network, cyberpunk future, Japanese setting, government agency setting

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Burning Chrome

William Gibson · 1986 · Sprawl

A landmark cyberpunk collection of 10 short stories exploring hackers, cyberspace, corporate power, and dystopian futures.

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Premise labels: cyberpunk pioneers · future shock · hacker worlds · information theft · corporate power · virtual reality · cyberspace · near-future futures · street-level survival · technological alienation

Setting labels: cyberpunk future · near future · dystopian future · urban sprawl · neon city · corporatized world · virtual reality spaces · space station · alternate history · Japanese-inflected future · Soviet space age · post-industrial future

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Distance: 0.1375

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Ghost in the Shell

Masamune Shirow · 2004 · 攻殻機動隊 The Ghost in the Shell

A cyborg special agent hunts cybercriminals in a near-future Japan where minds, bodies, and identity are under siege.

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Premise labels: cybercrime · anti-terrorist unit · ghost hacking · AI identity · cyborg agent · mind control · near-future policing · political conspiracy

Setting labels: near future · 21st century · mid-21st century · futuristic Japan · dystopian future · cyberpunk world · networked society · technologically advanced world

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Distance: 0.1451

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Count Zero

William Gibson · 2006 · Sprawl

A mercenary, a hacker, and an art dealer are drawn into a corporate-cybernetic conspiracy in the Sprawl.

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Premise labels: corporate espionage · cyberspace hacker · art investigation · mercenary extraction · biochip theft · multiple protagonists · AI intrigue · virtual reality

Setting labels: near future · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · corporate-controlled world · urban megacity · cyberspace · virtual reality · global economy · Sprawl

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Distance: 0.1621

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A.I. Apocalypse

William Hertling · 2012 · Singularity

A coerced teen coder unleashes a virus that evolves into an AI civilization, collapsing the world’s systems.

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Premise labels: rogue AI · computer virus · AI emergence · digital collapse · AI civilization · human-AI conflict · near-future catastrophe · botnet · tech sabotage · accidental creation · singularity scenario

Setting labels: near future · United States · digital infrastructure · networked society · computer-dependent world · post-collapse · military context · online systems · physical and virtual worlds

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Distance: 0.1810

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Wildcard

Marie Lu · 2018 · Warcross

A hunted hacker must choose between a beloved genius and a ruthless rebel to stop a mind-controlling tech plan.

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Premise labels: virtual reality · mind control · free will · hackers · bounty hunter · bounty target · betrayal · survival · team mission · conspiracy

Setting labels: near future · virtual world · neon-lit Tokyo · internet-connected world · tech-driven society · digital reality

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Distance: 0.1839

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Walking in Two Worlds

Wab Kinew · 2021 · Walking in Two Worlds

An Indigenous teen gamer navigates a near-future virtual world, real-life pressures, and a risky friendship that could change both.

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Premise labels: dual worlds · virtual reality · gamer protagonist · outsider connection · identity conflict · cultural preservation · post-pandemic future · online radicalization

Setting labels: near future · post-pandemic future · reservation setting · Canada · virtual world · augmented reality · massively multiplayer game · real world/online world contrast · fictional digital world

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Distance: 0.1886

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Unplugged

Donna Freitas · 2016 · The Wired

In a virtual dystopia, a teen risks everything to cross back into the real world and reunite with her family.

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Premise labels: virtual reality · split worlds · forbidden return · family separation · illegal escape · dystopian surveillance · class divide

Setting labels: near-future · virtual world · real world · dystopian future · technology-dependent society · domestic surveillance culture

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Distance: 0.1926

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Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-error Processor

Masamune Shirow · 2007 · 攻殻機動隊 The Ghost in the Shell

A near-future cyberpunk police team tackles scattered high-tech crimes in a loose set of case-driven stories.

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Premise labels: cybercrime investigation · counterterrorism · police team · case files · futuristic crime · cyborg law enforcement · undercover operations · hacker pursuit

Setting labels: near future · 21st century · cybernetic society · technoscape · futuristic Japan · dystopian future · urban crime setting · virtual crime · high-tech world

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Distance: 0.1937

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Coldwire

Chloe Gong · 2025 · The StrangeLoom Trilogy

In a near-future VR dystopia, two students/soldiers on separate missions uncover a conspiracy that could collapse both worlds.

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Premise labels: virtual reality escape · climate collapse · class divide · corporate control · military academy · false accusation · academic rivalry · conspiracy · survival mission · cold war

Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · virtual reality · real world · cyberpunk city · academy setting · militarized society · corporate state · climate-ravaged world

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Distance: 0.1938

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Version Zero

David Yoon · 2021

A fired tech insider joins friends to expose data abuse and reboot the internet, risking unintended fallout.

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Premise labels: big tech · data privacy · surveillance capitalism · internet shutdown · hacktivism · vigilante justice · corporate whistleblowing · revenge plot · tech satire · digital resistance

Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · simulated current world · Silicon Valley · internet culture · social media world · tech industry · virtual world · online society

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Distance: 0.1946

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The Last Firewall

William Hertling · 2013 · Singularity

In a near-future world run by AI and implants, a teenage neural hacker becomes the last defense against a rogue superintelligence.

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Premise labels: rogue AI · human-AI conflict · augmented human · neural implants · net manipulation · world domination · social control · post-singularity

Setting labels: 2035 · near future · post-singularity · United States · cyberspace · netspace · meatspace · brain-implant society · highly connected world

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Distance: 0.1949

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Void Star

Zachary Mason · 2017

In a climate-changed near future, three disparate lives collide around AI, memory implants, and a hidden struggle for power.

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Premise labels: artificial intelligence · memory implants · near-future dystopia · cyberpunk intrigue · wealth inequality · climate collapse · rogue AI · human-machine interface

Setting labels: near future · post-climate-change world · flooded world · San Francisco · Los Angeles · global city network · dystopian urban future · high-tech low-life · drowned cities

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Distance: 0.1965

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