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Admin Rights

Literary trope where academic arcanists, hackers, or systemic actors exploit privileged architecture backdoors, system glitches, hidden foundational frameworks, or root commands to override established sociopolitical or physical structures, exposing the synthetic or artificial nature of local laws and authority.

Reality-bending/Meta

Books

The Diamond AgeNeal Stephenson
The Lathe of HeavenUrsula K. Le Guin
CressMarissa Meyer
Little BrotherCory Doctorow
AuthorityJeff VanderMeer
EricTerry Pratchett
Shadow of the HegemonOrson Scott Card
FoundrysideRobert Jackson Bennett
HomelandCory Doctorow
Zero HistoryWilliam Gibson
Red PlanetRobert A. Heinlein
A Marvellous LightFreya Marske
Bleeding EdgeThomas Pynchon
HenchNatalie Zina Walschots
The Peace WarVernor Vinge
SnapshotBrandon Sanderson
The intuitionistColson Whitehead
Red Team BluesCory Doctorow
Year of the GriffinDiana Wynne Jones
Pirate CinemaCory Doctorow
The fever kingVictoria Lee
Attack SurfaceCory Doctorow
Ink and BoneRachel Caine
Wizard's BaneRick Cook
The Smoke RingLarry Niven
DayworldPhilip José Farmer
DzurSteven Brust
Heart of ironAshley Poston
The Genesis MachineJames P. Hogan
Salute the DarkAdrian Tchaikovsky
HeadcrashBruce Bethke
WebMageKelly McCullough
The Jagged OrbitJohn Brunner
FalloutGwenda Bond
False ValueBen Aaronovitch
UnboundJim C. Hines
Treachery's ToolsL. E. Modesitt, Jr.
The BezzleCory Doctorow
The Fractal PrinceHannu Rajaniemi
The Thorn of DentonhillMarshall Ryan Maresca
GreenthievesAlan Dean Foster
The I InsideAlan Dean Foster

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