Books like Total Recall by Piers Anthony
In the near‑future of 2089 AD, Douglas Quail spirals into a sleep‑induced nightmare of alien landscapes and clandestine operations. Desperate for an escape, he turns to Recall, a manufacturer of synthetic memories, and receives an implanted recall.
Upon awakening, he discovers that his haunting nightmares are not fantasies but genuine recollections of an alternate, more glamorous life.
The novel explores the blurred line between memory and reality through Douglas’s journey into a fabricated past that may be more real than his own existence.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Piers Anthony
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