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24 alternatives to Spirit Hackers

A cyberpunk novel exploring the afterlife.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Spirit Hackers launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Spirit Hackers▲2

   A cyberpunk novel exploring the afterlife.

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hackers▲75

   Heroes of the computer revolution

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Ghost In The Wires▲65

   Adventures as the world's most wanted hacker

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Social Engineering▲62

   The Art of Human Hacking

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   HackerBooks.com▲351

   2011 · hackerbooks.com · its alternatives →

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   Presence▲81

   Science fiction novel about the future of Virtual Reality

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Neuromancer▲104

   The novel that defined cyberpunk

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Cumulus▲70

   New cyberpunk novel set in near-future Oakland

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The Age of Spiritual Machines▲57

   AI and achieving the singularity

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Design for Hackers▲78

    Visual design, deconstructed

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Hacker Fables – A satirical cyberpunk novel you can read as a man page▲7

    The project is entirely open source. It takes a single Pandoc Markdown source file and produces HTML, EPUB, PDF, man pages, GNU Info, an audiobook, an HTML-integrated audio player that highlights the content as it plays, and an MP4 output for the "video audiobook." It's generic enough to be reusable. I plan to use the pipeline for my tech blog later on. The novella contains a lot of programming lore. It's an over-the-top love letter to the old-school Linux programmer and to the craft itself. Source code: https://github.com/sebastiancarlos/hacker-fables

    Jul 2026 · sebastiancarlos.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Chaos & Cyber Culture▲56

    Timothy Leary's prescient cyberpunk manifesto from 1994

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Hacking Growth [Kindle Edition]▲79

    Untraditional marketing using the hacker mindset.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Hackers and Painters▲15

    The computer world and motivations of those who occupy it

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Hamlet on the Holodeck▲67

    The future of narrative in cyberspace

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Imaginary Cities▲70

    Mapping cities of sound, melancholia and the afterlife

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Misfit Economy▲68

    Lessons in creativity from pirates & hackers

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age ▲79

    Essays by Paul Graham

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects▲60

    Conceptual products & alternate narratives of gadget culture

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Hacker Experience▲96

    Online hacking simulation game

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Natural-Born Cyborgs▲57

    Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Curious Minds - Stuxnet: a 3-Parts Series▲55

    In-depth exploration of the first cyber-weapon

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Secrets for Scaling: Ghost founder John O'Nolan▲68

    Building a profitable business w/ a counterculture approach

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Breached!▲60

    A Cautionary Tale of Cybersecurity and Intrigue

    2016 · its alternatives →

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