digital dreams / questioning the corporeal

in which digital spaces and new technologies are used to access strange/surreal/absurd/dreamlike planes of being, raising questions around what it means to exist [in a human body] in our technological age. these books play with style and form in testing and questioning the limits of our humanity.

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created by aliyahmk

last updated February, 2026

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I can already feel the existential crisis coming haha thank you for putting this together!

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i hate to say ‘you’re welcome’ about an incoming existential crisis, but: you’re welcome!

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Pretty much came here to say this 😭

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oh i love this!!! amazing recs

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thank you!

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I haven't read the whole book yet but I feel like Dream Hotel might fit on this list? 👀

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this is such a good shout, thanks!

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I am in love with this list! I can't wait to get ahold of some of these!

I would like to respectfully suggest State of Paradise by Laura van den Berg. I love this author and this was one of my favorite reads of 2025.

I have a feeling that I will find more for you if I browse my physical shelves.

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Awesome idea for a list, I'll be keeping my eye on this.

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oh this is such an interesting list, ty for putting it together!

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Ooh I love this! Have you read any ted chiang? I feel like "Exhalation" by him has a lot of short stories that would fit this prompt

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You might like The Speculative Reader's channel on youtube, he reviews a lot of slipstream/new wave scifi that tackles these same issues.

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