which is your favorite and why?
why do you think it's dystopian?
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which is your favorite and why?
why do you think it's dystopian?
The Running Man - Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Running_Man
1984. Just wins.
i'm currently reading a brave new world.
so far it takes the cake but i'm not finished with it yet...
i really liked anthem by ayn rand.
and yes 1984... is just... amazing.
if you liked it you'll love a brave new world. it's very well written.
1984 is a great story, but not as well written. i just like the... feel and tone of it a lot. good ole far. 451... i just love the implications it brings to the table... the dumbing down of society by hollywood bullshit. very appealing to one such as myself.
I love 1984. My current background image is the IngSoc logo.
Brave New World, without a doubt. I like the social engineering and how it reflects on real class issues. In general I found BNW less grim and more playful than 1984, and more insightful.
i like the way it plays off of liberal views while almost all other dystopian novels are based on extreme conservative ideals. it's really refreshing to see someone consider the blurry line between the two. and to see them explore how far is too far. i'd never really thought of it the way she presented this EXTREMELY radical liberal society. it's just like damn... kind of reminds you that every subject that has the least bit of opinion involved in it has at least two sides. regardless of what it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taosaur
i'm liberal by the way.
do anderoids dream of electric sheep by phillip k dick!
I really like "The Female Man." I can't find my copy at the moment, so I'm not sure who it is by.
I read it at a time in my life when the idea of a world without men really appealed to me, but by the end of the book I'd lost all faith in the ability of women to creat a "perfect" world.
A world without men? Now that is dystopian.Quote:
Originally Posted by seeker28
This is a good read :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Croneus
OH MY GOD. i laughed really hard at that. so hard i had to spell, oh my god, out.Quote:
Originally Posted by harvey123456
Ender's Shadow or BNW.
could you elaborate on ender's shadow? never heard of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by i make it rain
Here is the wiki entry on The Female Man. I seriously reccomend it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Female_Man
Another less literary favorite of mine is The Man Who Awoke, a pulp novel originally serialized in the '30s. It's kind of a compendium of dystopias, as the protagonist keeps putting himself to sleep for millennia at a time, only to wake each time and find that humanity has fucked up royally, but differently each time.
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Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Awoke
It is kind of part of the Ender's Game series. Ender's Game is a science fiction novel in the future where the government genetically makes super soldiers to fight aliens and trains them as children. So it follows a child, Ender. It has multiple sequels. Ender's Shadow isn't really one of them, though. It follows another character before and during Ender's Game instead of continuing the plot line.Quote:
Originally Posted by lysergic
Ender's Shadow follows a side character named Bean through his gang experiences on Earth. It is kind of like Mad Max with children but then he goes on to do other things including joining the plot of Ender's Game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_Shadow
I haven't read it in a long time so I am not sure how much it focuses on the dystopia on Earth. I enjoyed it, though. Especially the focus on children.
this book sounds really cool. i'm gonna check it out... no pun intended.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taosaur