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Is there any books which inspired developers for SOMA's theme? Maybe they mentioned it?
I asked them on twitter but there is no answer in several days. I hope they'll answer someday thou

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Android...c_Sheep%3F

Not sure about specific books, but they've mentioned the following authors as being inspirations:

• Philip K. Dick
  
• China Miéville
  
• Greg Egan
  
• H.P. Lovecraft
  
• Isaac Asimov
  
• Robert A. Heinlein

Sources:
http://www.pcgamer.com/soma-interview-fr...fi-horror/
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/10/1...k-descent/

Whoa, i've heard about some authors mentioned here and wanted to read them. Thanks!

And Stanislaw Lem! Huge fan here!