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Simulation Sci-fi Book Recommendations

From artificial worlds and simulated realities to manufactured identities and VR, these sci-fi stories blur the line between what is real and what only appears to be…

- Simulacron-3- Daniel F. Galouye (1964)

- Time Out Of Joint- Philip K. Dick (1959)

- Permutation City- Greg Egan (1994)

- Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch- Philip K. Dick (1965)

- Diaspora- Greg Egan (1997)

- Realtime Interrupt- James P. Hogan (1995)

- Otherland Series- Tad Williams (1996-2001)

- Ready Player One- Ernest Cline (2011)

Short Stories:

- Instanciations- Greg Egan (2020 collection)

- Tunnel Under The World- Frederik Pohl (1954)

- Ideas Die Hard- Isaac Asimov (1957)

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