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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. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Walkaway.
- chaotic
- visionary
- gritty
- hopeful
- 01
Makers
Cory Doctorow
A frenetic, idea-stuffed love letter to hacker culture and the messy, beautiful chaos of building the future from the scraps of the present.
- 02
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Cory Doctorow
A surreal, tech-infused urban fantasy where the ghosts of a deeply weird childhood collide with the gritty reality of building a utopian future.
- 03
The Last Colony
John Scalzi
A clever, fast-paced game of galactic survival where sharp banter and found family are the best weapons against political manipulation.
- 04
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.
- 05
The Gone-Away World
Nick Harkaway · 2009
A hyper-verbal, martial-arts-infused apocalyptic joyride that hides a profoundly beating heart beneath its chaotic exterior.
- 06
Infomocracy
Malka Older
A cerebral, high-stakes political thriller where data is the ultimate weapon and democracy is a fragile, hackable experiment.
- 07
Accelerando
Charles Stross · 2005
A relentless, jargon-fueled rollercoaster ride through the technological singularity that will leave your brain feeling overclocked.
- 08
When the Sleeper Awakes
H. G. Wells
A dizzying plunge into a mechanized, hyper-capitalist future where technological marvels mask a chillingly oppressive society.
- 09
Lockstep
Karl Schroeder
A sweeping, time-dilated space adventure where family drama plays out across millennia and the fate of civilization hangs in the balance.
- 10
New York 2140
Kim Stanley Robinson
A sprawling, hopeful love letter to a drowned but defiant metropolis.
- 11
The Warehouse
Rob Hart (Fiction writer)
A chillingly plausible, fast-paced descent into a corporate dystopia where next-day delivery costs you your soul.
- 12
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler · 1993
A harrowing, deeply empathetic journey through a collapsing world that plants the seeds of a radical new future.
