I've already read 1984, Brave New World, and Clockwork Orange and I enjoyed them all. So I'm looking for some similar books to read.
2006-10-02 18:21:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Lottery - Shirley Jackson
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2006-10-02 18:56:44 · answer #1 · answered by sharrron 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A YA "dystopia" series is the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld.
And while I'm not sure if this next book has a dystopian theme, Rash by Pete Hautman has a very unique (very funny) take on America's future in the 2070s. I'd definitely recommend reading Rash.
2006-10-03 04:07:52 · answer #2 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Star Trek : The Next Generation; Dark Mirror
Is pretty much Star Trek but everything has gone horribly wrong
The peaceful Federation of Planets has become the opressive Terran Empire bent on conquering all the known galaxy.
The characters are mistrustful and will betray each other at the first opportunity. Kirk has Spock executed for his attempt to seize power from Kirk, Picard Murders Jack Crusher so he can have Jack's wife Beverly to himself, Dr. Crusher creates biological weapons for the empire, Data becomes a star trek version of the terminator (minus the "I'll be back", "Hasta la Vista", but he actually does say "Get out"), and Troi tortures prisioners to obtain information, the klingons are enslaved, the romulans commit mass sucide to escape Terran rule.
It's a violent "what if?" version of star trek which makes it pretty interesting to read.
2006-10-02 21:52:43 · answer #3 · answered by Clayton B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out Lois Lowry's "The Giver," "Gathering Blue," and "Messenger."
You might also like "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding.
Gloria D. Miklowitz's "The War Between the Classes."
Todd Strasser's "The Wave"
Kathryn Lasky's "Memoirs of a Bookbat"
Nat Hentoff's "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book" and "Does School Have Capital Punishment?"
2006-10-03 03:15:41 · answer #4 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"We" by yvgeny zamyatin, "Aestival Tide" by Elizabeth Hand, both are ok, but not great, and I'm not so sure about the spelling on that first author. Both books deal with a city in a dome. "the Harvest" by Robert Charles Wilson is about all humans being given the choice to become immortal, by immortal aliens, or to stay human and one day die, all of their own free will. And, it's a bit of a stretch on the distopian theme, but "Hyperion" and "The Fall of Hyperion" by Dan Simmons are just fantastic and well written and full of posibilities for the future of humanity with a universal teleport system. I've never read "Ringworld" by Larry Niven , but it's a Hugo award winner as is "Hyperion", so it might be worth a shot.
2006-10-02 18:59:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood-It's my favourite Dystopian Novel. For something more on the Sci-Fi lines you could also try "Hothouse" by Brian Aldiss.
2006-10-02 21:22:02 · answer #6 · answered by scylax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might enjoy Ayn Rand's "Anthem;" Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron," Alan Moore's "V for Vendetta."
I loved "Farenheit 451 (cannot remember who wrote it).
2006-10-02 18:34:25 · answer #7 · answered by Rhonda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about war of the worlds?
2006-10-02 18:33:07 · answer #8 · answered by verykari♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋