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Books like Black Mirror the TV show

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Jaimx86 · 22/01/2018 20:26

I've really been enjoying watching Black Mirror on Netflix and would like to read some books on a similar theme. Can anyone recommene any?

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RhubarbTea · 18/02/2018 14:11

Ready Player One is amazing, the audible version is narrated by Wil Wheaton and is excellent.

BigDipperMama · 14/02/2018 22:57

Short story collections by George Saunders! I loved Tenth of December and currently reading Civilwarland in Bad Decline. All v dystopian but with so much heart.

TheSecondOfHerName · 12/02/2018 17:04

SummerLightning I'm about half-way through too. I wasn't sure about it at first (some of the vocabulary is a bit obscure and he keeps going off on a tangent) but now I'm enjoying the different narratives and the way they interconnect.

SummerLightning · 12/02/2018 16:58

I just came on to say Gnomon. I'm halfway through it, it's like an in depth freaky Black Mirror episode.

TheSecondOfHerName · 12/02/2018 16:47

Gnomon by Nick Harkaway

lucysnowe · 10/02/2018 12:06

Ah that's interesting Pavlova, I agree the ending was odd but I really liked it. I'm going to have to check out the short stories!

ClareB83 · 07/02/2018 18:43

The Sci Fi Masterworks series and the Fantasy Masterworks series can be a good route to new authors.

PavlovaPrincess · 07/02/2018 17:57

The Stone Man by Luke Smitherd is v. long but definitely has a Black Mirror vibe IME as well as being v. Wyndhamy. I loved it.

That is one the most disappointing books I've read in a long, long time. Great setup/premise but seriously crap ending.

Having said that, I read a book of his short stories first (think it was called Weird, Dark) and that was most definitely Black Mirror-ish and slightly more satisfying than The Stone Man.

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Jaimx86 · 07/02/2018 17:48

Thanks for the additional suggestions. J Pod is one of my favourite books. I own copies of all Coupland's books and I'm forever checking whether he's released a new one.

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BabloHoney · 07/02/2018 07:55

J Pod by Douglas Coupland

CAAKE · 07/02/2018 07:44

High Rise by JG Ballard.

hatters · 06/02/2018 23:56

The Fear Index by Robert Harris

cdtaylornats · 30/01/2018 21:28

Tea With the Black Dragon by R.A. MacAvoy
The Club of Queer Trades by G.K. Chesterton

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Jaimx86 · 30/01/2018 16:09

Yes! That's amazing! I keep telling my DH I'd prefer to read than watch a lot of these so that's perfect Grin

Will also look up the new suggestions added yesterday - thanks Smile

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ScribblyGum · 29/01/2018 18:36

Remainder by Tom McCarthy seriously messed with my head.

lucysnowe · 29/01/2018 17:22

Joyce Carol Oates short stories for sure.

The Stone Man by Luke Smitherd is v. long but definitely has a Black Mirror vibe IME as well as being v. Wyndhamy. I loved it.

Alfred Bester's short stories as well as John Wyndham ditto - actually if you think about it Black Mirror is just an extension of a lot of scifi short stories from the 50s and 60s that quite often had a bleak ironic kind of twist.

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 24/01/2018 09:43

Margaret Atwood is also good for dark, dystopian stories.

musicmaiden · 24/01/2018 09:31

Definitely Neil Gaiman - try Smoke and Mirrors or Fragile Things, or if you want a big book, American Gods.

Sadik · 23/01/2018 21:10

The Fractured Europe sequence by Dave Hutchinson - the first one is Europe in Autumn

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Jaimx86 · 23/01/2018 19:31

I have read, and really enjoyed, 1984 and The Circle. Although the film of The Circle didn't reach my expectations.
I will look up the other recommendations on my Kindle. Thanks Smile

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JustGettingStarted · 23/01/2018 19:28

Look for collections of award-winning science fiction short stories.

domesticslattern · 23/01/2018 19:23

Yes, The Circle is a v interesting book.

PatriciaHolm · 23/01/2018 19:22

Also short stories by Neil Gaiman

PatriciaHolm · 23/01/2018 19:21

Short stories by Michael Marshall Smith - "More Tomorrow"

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