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Readers who enjoyed Network Effect [Dramatized Adaptation] by Martha Wells, David Cui Cui, Alejandro Ruiz, Amanda Forstrom, Colleen Delany, Emily Beresford, Eva Wilhelm, Christopher Williams, Natalie Van Sistine, Debi Tinsley, Elena Anderson & Crystal Lee also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf I built a car, it'd be totally new!Here are a few of the things that I'd do. . . .Young Jack is giving an eye-opening tour of the car he'd like to build. There's a snack bar, a pool, and even a robot named Robert to act as chauffeur... -
The Arbitrator by Max Nowaz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGREAT 5* REVIEWS on GOODREADS WAS THERE A PANG OF REMORSE FOR HIS ACTIONS? POSSIBLY, BUT WHAT CHOICE DID HE HAVE? HE HAD NO ROOM FOR WEAKNESS, IF HE WANTED TO SURVIVE. Jim Brown, formerly a highly successful, but ruthless, troubleshooting Administrator for the EPA, The Earth Policy Administration, was rotting in prison, dying of an incurable drug habit that he had acquired whilst in there... -
Forsaken World: Homecoming (Book 5) by Thomas A. Watson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFighting against insurmountable odds Sandy and Mary are now alone but refuse to stop fighting to reach their kids. Hoping they have learned enough before they lost their husbands they push on together. At the cabin Lance and Ian are expanding the coalition adding members to help fight the stinkers and even more dangerous people... -
Viral Misery: Miracles by Thomas A. Watson, Tina Watson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBillions are dead and millions are still dying from the virus that emerged from the depths of nature. Arthur, now reunited with his wife Wendy, is trying to strengthen the safety of the ranch as the walls of society collapse. Keeping the thought of their son Joseph in their hearts, Arthur and Wendy keep moving forward... -
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Back To You by Steve Bates
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSearching for history’s greatest pastrami on rye, Chris arrives from 1,000 years in the future and hides his time machine in an alley. But Eddie sees through the disguise, takes an unexpected ride, and demonstrates it to his boss at a failing cable TV network... -
Triana Moore, Space Janitor: The Complete Humorous Sci Fi Mystery Series by Julia Huni
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCleaning a space station is easy. Staying under the radar? Priceless. Triana Moore programs the robots that clean the glitzy Station Kelly Kornienko. Avoiding the wealthy inhabitants on the upper levels of the station is her number one rule. Well, number two, right after "eat all the chocolate." But when one of her bots finds a dead body, all the rules go out the window... -
World Between by Sarah Lyons Fleming
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDanger can be anywhere in the world between.Trapped in the fairgrounds by zombies and circumstance, it’s impossible to move out—and tough to move on.Whether romantic or platonic, changing relationships prove tricky for Rose, Tom, Clara, and Craig—never mind adapting to the new not-so-normal... -
Foundation and Chaos by Greg Bear
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA major science fiction author continues one of the most famous SF stories of all time... -
Compulsory by Martha Wells
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsMurderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven to be one of the most popular characters in 21 st century science fiction. Everything that makes this protagonist (it would be wrong to call Murderbot a hero) beloved of fans is on display in Compulsory... -
Fated by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm just one girl. What can I do?Sam's cosy life as daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister is about to end. These are turbulent times. Borders have closed and protests are turning violent. The government blames the country's youth, and is cracking down hard. Mobile phones are blocked, gatherings are banned and dissent is brutally crushed.Sam is torn between family loyalty and doing what is right... -
The Terminator by Randall Frakes, James Cameron
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA novel by Randall Frakes & Bill Wisher; based on a screenplay by James Cameron with Gale Anne Hurd.More deadly than any man alive.The time is now... but he comes from the Year of Darkness, 2029. He was created to reshape the future by destroying the present. He feels no pity, no pain, no fear. He feels nothing. He is an unstoppable killing machine programmed for murder. He is.. -
Splinters In Time by Jason Ayres
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGetting lost in the wrong time was bad enough. But things get far worse for Josh Gardner when he can't even find his way back to his own universe. When his ex-girlfriend, Lauren, starts having recurring nightmares about a strange alternate reality in which she was murdered, Josh becomes interested in proving the existence of other universes...Categorized as:
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Metal and Ash by Jake Bible
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat began in the wasteland of DEAD MECH, continued alongside in Europe and Asia in The Americans, now has its epic conclusion in Metal and Ash!Commander James Capreze and his team of mech pilots no longer must battle just zombies, cannibals, religious cults and the ever dreaded dead mechs... -
The Americans by Jake Bible
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHundreds of years after the United States is turned into a radioactive, zombie infested wasteland, the descendants of peacekeeping troops stranded abroad are now the world’s marshals, keeping law and order in a futuristic landscape of high-tech feudalism and raw, bioorganic metal.They are known simply as: The Americans... -
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Semi/Human by Erik Hanberg
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRobots are in. Humans are out. Can one teenager steal her way to a better future?Pen Davis just lost her internship to a robot. As supercomputers take over all the jobs in the world, the lonely teen doesn’t see a future. Desperate to escape the coming robo-pocalpyse, she devises a plot to steal millions from her former boss... -
Doctor Who: The One Doctor by Gareth Roberts, Clayton Hickman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen the evil Skelloids launch an attack upon the seventeen worlds of the Generios system, its peace-loving inhabitants face total destruction. So it's fortunate that the famous traveller in time and space known only as the Doctor is in the area, and doubly lucky that, with the help of his pretty young assistant, Sally-Anne, he manages to defeat the deadly creatures and save the day... -
Framed! by Malcolm Rose
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLuke Harding is excited to become the youngest person ever to qualify as a forensics investigator. He barely has time to celebrate his final exams when Malc, his Mobile Aid to Law and Crime, calls him to their first case. A fellow student has been mysteriously shot dead with an arrow. Two more grisly on-campus murders follow, and all the evidence points to Luke himself... -
Bot Wars by J.V. Kade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwelve-year-old Trout St. Kroix has been searching for his missing father for the last two years, after his dad disappeared while fighting in the Bot Wars. The Bot Wars began after robots became so advanced that they revolted and demanded more workers' rights, causing the government to declare all robots terrorists and ban them from the Districts... -
Tropical Punch by S.C. Jensen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStrippers, Drugs, and Headless Corpses…All in a day’s work for Bubbles Marlowe, HoloCity’s only cyborg detective.What do an anti-tech cult, a deadly new street drug, and the corrupt Chief of Police have in common?It’s a question Bubbles can’t afford to ask. Last time she got curious it cost her job, a limb, and almost her life.She vows to stay out of police business... -
The Octonauts and the Sea of Shade by Meomi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe books that launched the hit cartoon!"The crisply drafted pages bloom with fascinating detail: every tree, shadow, rock, and animal has an endearing, individual personality…the book itself is a lush visual treat." - Utne Reader"It's great to find a book that appeals to both kids and adults—even if the appeal is for different reasons... In other words, these are the best. children's book... -
Dark Star by Lara Morgan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo protect Pip and fulfil her deal with Sulawayo, Rosie Black has joined Helios. But trouble is brewing within the ranks - a rebellion is rising. Who is part of the rebellion? Who is trying to take full control of Helios? How does the mysterious Dark Star fit into these plans? The stakes are high for Rosie. The survival of Pip and the world as she knows it depends on her... -
Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery that spans the starsWelcome to the Grand Abeona home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. All year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the milky way... -
I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin.Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC.But there are rules:He cannot look inside the box.He cannot ask questions... -
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin takes readers to a whole new level with his darkly comic sci-fi thriller. A Winner of the 2016 Alex AwardsNightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements. An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move. Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes. A young woman from the trailer park. And her very smelly cat... -
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Citizen in Space by Robert Sheckley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsContentsThe Mountain Without a NameThe AccountantHunting ProblemA Thief in TimeThe Luckiest Man in the WorldHands OffSomething for NothingA Ticket to TranaiThe BattleSkulking PermitCitizen in SpaceAsk a Foolish... -
The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWill Barrent had no memory of his crime . . . but he found himself shipped across space to a brutal prison-planet. On Omega, his only chance to advance himself -- and stay alive -- is to commit an endless series of violent crimes. The average inmate's life expectancy from time of arrival is three years... -
The Autobiography of James T. Kirk by David A. Goodman
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Autobiography of James T. Kirk chronicles the greatest Starfleet captain's life (2233–2371), in his own words. From his birth on the U.S.S... -
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom sci-fi visionary and acclaimed author Annalee Newitz comes Automatic Noodle, a cozy near-future novella about a crew of abandoned food service bots opening their very own restaurant.While San Francisco rebuilds from the chaos of war, a group of food service bots in an abandoned ghost kitchen take over their own delivery app account... -
Rogue Protocol [Dramatized Adaptation] by Martha Wells, Alejandro Ruiz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas?Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is.And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good... -
Artificial Condition [Dramatized Adaptation] by Martha Wells, Nathanial Perry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArtificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times bestselling All Systems Red.It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more... -
System Collapse [Dramatized Adaptation] by Martha Wells, David Cui Cui
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAm I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something... -
The Last Human by Lee Bacon
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn a future when humans are believed to be extinct, what will one curious robot do when it finds a girl who needs its help? In the future, robots have eliminated humans, and 12-year-old robot XR_935 is just fine with that. Without humans around, there is no war, no pollution, no crime. Every member of society has a purpose. Everything runs smoothly and efficiently... -
Equinox by Lara Morgan
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Rosie Black’s problems are only just beginning. Her dad is locked away, her friend Pip has abandoned her and Riley isn’t telling her the full story. Bent on revenge, Rosie is still working in secret to try and take down the evil Helios group... -
Wendel's Workshop by Chris Riddell
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWendel is far too busy inventing things to keep his workshop tidy. So if one of his inventions doesn't work, Wendel just tosses it onto the scrap heap and starts over. Then one day he invents the magnificent Wendelbot—a mighty robot that cleans and cleans and doesn't stop... -
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Devil in the Device by Lora Beth Johnson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe thrilling, much-anticipated conclusion to Lora Beth Johnson's Goddess in the Machine duology.Zhade's power might be going to his head.He's still getting used to wearing Maret's face, but he can't deny that the influence it affords him has its perks... -
Swing Otto Swing! by David Milgrim
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOtto wants to be able to swing in the jungle like his monkey friends. But he keeps crashing... -
City 1 by Gregg Rosenblum
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the explosive conclusion to the thrilling Revolution 19 series, the time has come to win the cities back from the bots—or die trying.After finally reuniting at a rebel camp, siblings Nick, Kevin, and Cass are willing to do anything to stay together—and free their parents from bot rule. But the leader of the rebel camp has her own ideas... -
Year's Best SF 11 by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTravel farther than you've ever dreamed Man has mused about the nature of our universe since he first gazed up in wonder at the stars. Now some of the most fertile imaginations in speculative fiction offer bold and breathtaking visions of "what's out there" and "what's next" in the eleventh annual celebration of the very best short SF to appear over the past year... -
Desolation Road by Ian McDonald
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt all began thirty years ago on Mars, with a greenperson. But by the time it all finished, the town of Desolation Road had experienced every conceivable abnormality from Adam Black's Wonderful Travelling Chautauqua and Educational 'Stravaganza (complete with its very own captive angel) to the Astounding Tatterdemalion Air Bazaar. Its inhabitants ranged from Dr... -
Set My Heart To Five by Simon Stephenson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratings‘You shall read this with unadulterated pleasure’ Scotland on Sunday‘A beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means to be human’ Simon Pegg Set in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart To Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one android’s emotional awakening... -
Soul Intent by Dennis Batchelder
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA VILLAIN’S REQUESTIn 1946, soon-to-be-executed Nazi General Hermann Goering asks young Soul Identity overseer Archibald Morgan to take his looted gold and deposit it in a soul line collection, there to await his soul’s rebirth. A GRIM RESISTANCEFlora, a seventeen-year-old Gypsy girl whose father died in the Dachau concentration camp, is sure that Goering stole the gold... -
Liquid Cool: The Cyberpunk Detective Series by Austin Dragon
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLiquid Cool is the debut cyberpunk detective series!It’s cyberpunk re-imagined—science fiction meets the detective thriller in an ever-rainy world of colossal skyscrapers. Hover-cars fly above in the dark, bustling skies and gray people walk below on the grimy, flashy streets of this “neon jungle.” Metropolis isn’t a bad place, but it isn’t a good one either... -
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The Time Bubble by Jason Ayres
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDiscover a whole new world of time travel adventures!The first Time Bubble novel sets the scene for an epic series of stories, exploring time travel from every possible angle.The adventure begins in 2018, when Charlie and Josh stumble across a mysterious time portal in a railway tunnel.At first it seems like harmless fun, jumping a few seconds at a time into the future... -
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Fugitive X by Gregg Rosenblum
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTheir fight for freedom is humanity's last hope for survival. The chilling Revolution 19 trilogy continues in Fugitive X.A war between humans and robots is on the horizon, and only one side will survive.Siblings Nick, Kevin, and Cass are struggling to survive in a world where deadly, sophisticated robots have turned on their creators and enslaved mankind... -
When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNeil Sharpson's When the Sparrow Falls is a dystopian thriller set in the country that's both the last sanctuary from a world run by artificial intelligence and a totalitarian nightmare state barely holding... -
Smoke by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDue to a foiled burglary in a high-tech lab doing research for cigarette manufacturers, Freddie Noon, the thief, is now invisible. This condition has clear-cut advantages for a man in Freddie's profession, but now everybody wants a glimpse of Freddie. But Freddie doesn't dare show his face, his shadow, anything. Because Freddie Noon has gotten a taste of invisibility--and he can't quit now... -
Killing Is My Business by Adam Christopher
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA blend of science fiction and stylish mystery noir featuring a robot detective: the stand alone sequel to Made to KillAnother golden morning in a seedy town, and a new memory tape for intrepid PI-turned-hitman--and last robot left in working order-- Raymond Electromatic... -
The Morbidly Obese Ninja by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese days, if you want to run a successful company . . . you're going to need a lot of ninjas. Neo Tokyo, California is a city built so high that none of its residents have ever seen the ground. It is a place where citizens cosmetically alter their bodies to look like Japanese anime characters. It is a place where ninja battles determine the fate of corporate business ventures... -
The Solid-State Shuffle by Jeffrey A. Ballard
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlmost a hundred years ago, a major terrestrial event reshaped the earth’s coastlines. Goodbye entire cities. Goodbye entire states. Goodbye entire countries. And when the authorities outlawed salvaging from these sunken sites, why say hello to a new breed of criminal: underwater reclamation specialists. Even a hundred years later, there’s still a whole lot of loot for the reclaiming...
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