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These are recommendations made by Tropers for ''[[System Shock]]'' fanfics, all of which have to be signed to stay on the page. Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found [[Fan Fic Recommendations|here]].

You can also add to the current recommendations if you want. Refrain from posting [[Conversation in ~~The~~ Main Page]] though; that goes in the discussion page.

You can also add to the current recommendations if you want. Refrain from posting [[Conversation in the Main Page]] though; that goes in the discussion page.

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''[http://www.shamusyoung.com/shocked/index.html Free Radical]'' by Shamus Young

* Recommended by [[Robin Zimm]], [[Joysweeper]], Electron Blue, [[Korodzik]], [[Tropers/Jonn|Jonn]]

* Synopsis: A reimagining of the events of [[System Shock]] in novel form, beginning before the beginning of the game. It opens when a [[The Cracker|black-hat hacker]] tries to break into [[Mega Corp|TriOptimum]]'s computer system to steal a new computer-interfacing neural implant, and ends up being brought up onto the special research satellite and offered the implant if he will do a little job. But when he wakes up after a six-week "healing coma"(shortened from the game's six months), the lights are flickering, the robots are acting strange, people are lurching around like [[~~Twenty Eight Days Later|~~28 Days Later]] zombies, and there's a frantic radio signal from Earth trying to find out what is going on up there...

* Synopsis: A reimagining of the events of [[System Shock]] in novel form, beginning before the beginning of the game. It opens when a [[The Cracker|black-hat hacker]] tries to break into [[Mega Corp|TriOptimum]]'s computer system to steal a new computer-interfacing neural implant, and ends up being brought up onto the special research satellite and offered the implant if he will do a little job. But when he wakes up after a six-week "healing coma"(shortened from the game's six months), the lights are flickering, the robots are acting strange, people are lurching around like [[28 Days Later]] zombies, and there's a frantic radio signal from Earth trying to find out what is going on up there...

* ''Comments'': I came to Free Radical from a perspective of literally zero knowledge of the [[System Shock|videogame]]. Knowing that, and judging it purely as a standalone science fiction novel, I found it a fantastic read.

** [[Joysweeper]]: I knew a little and ended up [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID2BEXJ4IKc Youtube-ing] the game so I could get SHODAN's voice fixed in my head. This is pretty good. There are some occasional poor word choices and grammar quirks, but it's a compelling enough narrative to make up for it.