i was wondering if anyone can tell me about any books along the lines of orwells 1984, with some kind of totalitarian regime or something of that nature. or any books such as the anarchists cookbook, something about activism or protest. and books about todays government, anti bush material. does anyone know of any books along these lines?
2006-11-01 19:23:07 · 5 answers · asked by man_in_the_box2590 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"A Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
"Animal Farm" by George Orwell
"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
"The Giver," "Gathering Blue," and "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
2006-11-02 01:02:02 · answer #1 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anti Bush is no problem.........Hubris, by David Corn and Michael Isacoff, Efraim Halevy's book,The Politics of Truth by Joe Wilson, Fiasco by Thomas Ricks, Cruel and Unusual byMark Crispin Miller, Worst Person in The World by Kieth Olberman, The Truth by Al Franken, Conservatives Without Conscience by John Dean, Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter, and An Inconvienient Truth by Al Gore.
As to film...........Mad Max
We dont need anarchy, we need real voter participation, we need INFORMED COMMITED VOTERS.
And we need ACCOUNTABILITY.
2006-11-02 03:42:53 · answer #2 · answered by Norton N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May I suggest Orwell’s ANIMAL FARM or The lion and unicorn_
2006-11-02 04:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by blueash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try to read "Lord of the flies" by William Golding.
2006-11-02 04:12:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you read "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley? He referred to it as a 'negative utopia'.
2006-11-02 03:32:17 · answer #5 · answered by Arigato ne 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋