Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Cline is a truly excellent story teller, and the subject matter is great fun for anyone who knows what a d20 is or fondly remembers the days of simpler video games.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is a unique study in apocalyptic fiction. Written by Max Brooks (son of Mel Brooks), the book is structured as a series of interviews with survivors of World War Z. For anyone who enjoys the fiction theme of zombie apocalypse, this is highly recommended.
Dune by Frank Herbert
A classic in the science fiction cannon, Dune is an expansive story of a rebellious civilization on a dry desert planet. All the good parts of Star Wars (episodes IV and V) with none of the George Lucas or West Side Story.
The Bell Ringers by Henry Porter
This is a quasi-futuristic book set in England, but it could just as easily be based here in the USA. It tells the story of an ousted government official who fights back against a growing police state in the form of DEEP TRUTH, a massive computer system to monitor and control the population.
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Marwencol tells the incredible, true, story of Mark Hogancamp and his parallel universe within the town of Marwencol. It’s fascinating, heart breaking, uplifting, and bizarre all at once.
