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Could I get a few suggestions? I am looking for a sci-fi dystopian future from the perspective of a corpo.

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[–] PhineaZ@feddit.de 15 points 9 months ago

It sorta fits your description: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, if you haven't read them already. Shoutout to the author/publisher for releasing the Ebook DRM-free!

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Which definition of "corpo" are you using?

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've never seen the term, but looking up definitions, the most likely is a "corporate executive." Apparently can also mean "body" or "corpse."

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Glad we cleared that up 😂 Cheers!

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Corporations that act as government or states.

Think Robocop. Stories that have such transnational powers also include things such as William Gibsons Neuromancer and Morgan’s Altered Carbon

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

If Murderbot (which is great) fits your description, you might also check out the Imperial Radch series, by Ann Leckie, which starts with Ancillary Justice. It's really great also.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 3 points 9 months ago

I’d second murderbot by Martha Wells or the Laundry Files by Charles Stross starting with The Atrocity Archives.

[–] bramkaandorp@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The Planetfall books by Emma Newman are set in a corporatocracy.

[–] RovingFox@infosec.pub 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks for suggestions!

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

ghost in the shell manga if you like comics

[–] keefshape@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Bobiverse books by Dennis Taylor are also a great read.