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A hyper-verbal, martial-arts-infused apocalyptic joyride that hides a profoundly beating heart beneath its chaotic exterior. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Gone-Away World.
- chaotic
- surreal
- frenetic
- surprisingly tender
- 01
Walkaway
Cory Doctorow
A fiercely optimistic, idea-dense joyride through a post-scarcity apocalypse where building a better world means fighting the billionaires who want to live forever.
- 02
Permutation City
Greg Egan
A dizzying plunge into the deep end of hard science fiction that will leave you questioning the fundamental nature of your own consciousness.
- 03
Perdido Street Station
China Miéville
A hallucinatory plunge into a sprawling, grimy metropolis where science, magic, and grotesque biology collide in a nightmare of urban decay.
- 04
The Half-Made World
Felix Gilman
A surreal, dust-choked journey to the edge of reality where demonic industry and chaotic violence wage an endless, soul-crushing war.
- 05
The Scar
China Miéville
A dark, oceanic descent into a floating city of exiles, where grotesque biology meets Machiavellian politics.
- 06
Angelmaker
Nick Harkaway
A gleefully chaotic, clockwork-powered romp through a secret, retro-futuristic London.
- 07
Shade's children
Garth Nix · 1997
A relentless, shadow-drenched fight for survival in a bleak world where growing up is a literal death sentence.
- 08
The Ships of Air
Martha Wells · 2004
A desperate, high-stakes flight across a fallen world where the shadows hide threats far worse than the conquering army.
- 09
The Gone World
Tom Sweterlitsch
A dread-soaked, mind-bending thriller where a gritty murder investigation collides with the terrifying, apocalyptic edges of time and space.
- 10
Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban
A haunting, linguistic puzzle-box of a novel that immerses you in the primal myths of a broken world.
- 11
Un Lun Dun
Mieville, China · 2007
A delightfully weird, trope-smashing portal fantasy where the sidekick takes charge in a wonderland of discarded junk.
- 12
Soon I Will Be Invincible
Austin Grossman
A witty, melancholic love letter to comic book tropes that peeks behind the capes to reveal the messy, deeply human insecurities of heroes and villains alike.
