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The Breach

A porous conceptual boundary where private human thoughts, memories, or consciousness leak directly into the collective realm, threatening individual autonomy.

The thrill of losing yourself to the collective, of your innermost thoughts becoming public domain. It's the terrifying intimacy of shared consciousness, where the self dissolves into a vast, unknowable whole.

Books

Altered CarbonRichard K. Morgan
Mona Lisa OverdriveWilliam Gibson
FeedM. T. Anderson
Surface DetailIain M. Banks
The Hollow PlacesT. Kingfisher
LightM. John Harrison
GlasshouseCharles Stross
HexwoodDiana Wynne Jones
River of Blue FireTad Williams
EvervilleClive Barker
SynnersPat Cadigan
Blue NoonScott Westerfeld
AdaptationMalinda Lo
Central StationLavie Tidhar
Made For LoveAlissa Nutting
The SeepChana Porter
The Hollow ManDan Simmons
Zero Sum GameS. L. Huang
One of usMichael Marshall Smith
Bloodfire QuestTerry Brooks
White spaceIlsa J. Bick
The End of Mr. YScarlett Thomas
NexusRamez Naam
Blind faithBen Elton
Saturn's RaceLarry Niven
The Scribbly ManTerry Goodkind
The Morpheus FactorAshley McConnell
MindscanRobert J. Sawyer
ConstanceMatthew FitzSimmons
PostsingularRudy Rucker
The vault of dreamersCaragh M. O'Brien
Sister TimeJohn Ringo
Tomorrow and TomorrowThomas Sweterlitsch
JoinSteve Toutonghi
IdlewildNick Sagan
ObserverNancy Kress
PsychosphereBrian Lumley
Cloud's RiderC. J. Cherryh
TranscendentStephen Baxter
Murder By MemoryOlivia Waite
BluescreenDan Wells
Rider at the GateC. J. Cherryh
GnomonNick Harkaway
MindkillerSpider Robinson
Ghost TownRachel Caine
City of LightKeri Arthur
Tom O'BedlamRobert Silverberg
The Epiphany MachineDavid Burr Gerrard

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