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Post by dayofthebees on Jun 5, 2011 7:34:57 GMT -5
The Mortal Engines series, by Philip Reeve, is a really good dystopian series. Americans might have heard of it as The Hungry City Chronicles.
It's one of my favourite book series, and it's a shame that not many people know of it.
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Post by serpentheart on Jun 5, 2011 8:34:48 GMT -5
A Clockwork Orange is one not mentioned.
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Post by thestrangewinston on Jun 5, 2011 12:28:20 GMT -5
Dystopian literature produced some of my favorite reads! Also it is partly what really got me into reading(that and Of Mice and Men/To Kill a Mockingbird)
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Post by Eternal Lobster on Jun 6, 2011 11:36:42 GMT -5
I'm not sure I'd classify Ender's Game as YAL? I guess I always put him there because I first read Ender's Game in 6th grade (it was required reading, believe it or not) and also because the protagonist is so young. Really, it is a book for all ages. If I remember correctly, the author hadn't intended it to be considered as a YA book and was surprised that it became to popular with the younger audience; he attributed its appeal to Ender's age. |
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Post by meh on Jun 8, 2011 19:25:19 GMT -5
My senior paper is actually going to be a determination of whether or not the world we live in is becoming more dystopian, and my evidence will come from dystopian literature. That's what I'm planning anyway.  Do you plan to post it here when you're done? I can think of at least one armadillo who'd like to read it...[/quote] I hadn't planned on it, but now that you mention it, I think I will. Don't hold your breath, though. Haha. It's going to take me about a year to actually complete. |
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jun 8, 2011 22:57:12 GMT -5
My recommendations are:
-George R. Martin's "The Meathouse"
-William Gibson's "New Rose Hotel" and "The Belonging Kind"
-Try zombie literature. Not the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies crap, the real Haitian zombie lit. It's not necessarily dystopian but it does sort of have that dark mood to it.
-The Uglies series are pretty good, and so are The Hunger Games.
-A Clockwork Orange is also pretty amazing.
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Post by Vergissmeinnicht on Jun 13, 2011 13:01:00 GMT -5
I second The Road. Did my extended essay on that book. And yet I still manage to love it.
And, as I mentioned in another thread, I highly recommend Feed by MT Anderson. It's YA, but it's so worth the read.
The novella Anthem by Ayn Rand is also very good (even if you're not a fan of her philosophy).
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Post by thestrangewinston on Jun 13, 2011 16:53:59 GMT -5
I second The Road. Did my extended essay on that book. And yet I still manage to love it. And, as I mentioned in another thread, I highly recommend Feed by MT Anderson. It's YA, but it's so worth the read. The novella Anthem by Ayn Rand is also very good (even if you're not a fan of her philosophy). I hate Ayn Rand but Anthem is decent. Its not long winded/preachy. Plus Rush based 2112 off of it so it cannot be bad xD |
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Post by Inquisitive White Rabbit on Aug 11, 2011 10:37:58 GMT -5
It's a... short story essay? And I at least had access to it in a Creative Writing textbook that I used this past fall. It is a rather entertaining read. Oh, hey, look what Google found! users.ipfw.edu/ruflethe/endings.htmI so love you right now for placing the direct link here XD I already had Google in another tab to search it  |
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Aug 11, 2011 15:11:20 GMT -5
It's a... short story essay? And I at least had access to it in a Creative Writing textbook that I used this past fall. It is a rather entertaining read. Oh, hey, look what Google found! users.ipfw.edu/ruflethe/endings.htmI so love you right now for placing the direct link here XD I already had Google in another tab to search it "Remember, this is Canada." This made me laugh. |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Aug 12, 2011 14:42:34 GMT -5
I'm sure someone has already mentioned Hunger Games, but I had not read it when they did, and now I have and enthusiastically attest to the fact that it is very dystopian and very addictive and very good. Go read.
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Post by ebzywebzy on Oct 5, 2011 23:36:23 GMT -5
Ok. Someone, somewhere will hate me for this, but The Host by Stephenie Meyer had a really catchy plot - in my opinion, at least. It's somewhat dystopian. My all time favourite dystopian lit, however? - We, Yvgeny Zamyatin - 'Repent Harlequin' said the Ticktock Man, Harlan Ellison Link Here- Battle Royale, Koushun Takami - Ender's Game, Scott Orson Card - Monster trilogy, David Wellington Online at his website here!- Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins I must admit I joined this forum because of this thread. Dystopian literature is... amazing. |
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Post by tosney on Oct 6, 2011 13:23:47 GMT -5
I went through a dystopian phase awhile ago. Unfortunately, most of what I scrounged up was from my school library so there was a good amount of classic YA crap. (Not that all YA is bad, it's just that a lot of YA that is bad is bad in the same ways). That said, I love a lot of the books you guys are posting but I don't have anything good to contribute. But who else loves Ewan McGregor in The Island?  |
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Post by Kori on Dec 21, 2011 14:20:10 GMT -5
For a great smattering of dystopian short stories I recommend Brave New Worlds, compiled by John Joseph Adams. There's even a little list of notable dystopian novels and movies in the end. It certainly built up my Summer Reading List.
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Dec 22, 2011 1:55:31 GMT -5
I just finished reading Unwind by Neal Shusterman, and I instantly loved it.
It's set in the very near future, after a second civil war that finally settled the long-running pro-life and pro-choice debate. Abortion is illegal, but parents may choose to have their unwanted or rebellious children "unwound," in which the kids (aged 13-18) are sent away to be torn apart and have their body parts given to people who need them (sort of like extreme organ donation). Three kids challenge the system and run away and the story follows their journey.
I really suck at condensing plots, but trust me when I say it's good. Shusterman surprised me with the ways his society viewed certain things. It's a YA novel, so it's not hard to read. I suggest looking it up on Goodreads and skim through some of the reviews--some of them are fabulous, and are what originally drew me to the book.
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