We - zamyatin
Heart of a dog - bulgakov (more satire)
The Foundation Pit - Platonov
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the diamond age
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We - zamyatin
Heart of a dog - bulgakov (more satire)
The Foundation Pit - Platonov
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the diamond age
Ooooooo ...... The Diamond Age - Stephenson's best book, in my (ever so) humble opinion.
Got sucked into a John Christopher rabbit hole tonight.
I read his original Tripods Trilogy in grade school and that was it.
I had no idea that the bulk of his work was post-apocalyptic/dystopian. He has a number of titles to his credit that sound really interesting and rather prescient, to say the least...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christopher
Persephone‘s Curse is set in a dystopian world that is held hostage by a virus. If you like handmaids tale you might like this.
www.sandrabats.com/persephones-curse
We are living it right now.
The first few books that popped in my mind are:
1. Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut
2. Battle Royale Koushun Takami
3. Borne Jeff Vandemeer
Banged through this in about a day...
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This is an engrossing tech noir/murder mystery/conspiracy theory novel taking place in an alternate California where recording the truth is paramount.
RIYL:
The Crying of Lot 49; 1984; Sleepless; "Repent Harlequin!', Said the Ticktockman"; Logan's Run (the film); The Adjustment Bureau (the film)
Lucifer's Hammer
plugging Red Rising trilogy again!
That book didn't age so wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Danno
The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester.
It's like cyberpunk written 30 years before cyberpunk was a thing. Great, quick read.
How so? It's been 25 years since I read it, so maybe my memory of it is fuzzy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Summit
Not so much dystopian but replete with scathing sarcasm for the human condition, any of the Cabell book covering the Lineage of Dom Manual:
Figures of Earth
The Silver Stallion
Jurgen
Something About Eve
The Rivet in Grandfathers Neck.
The guy was a boundless wordsmith, buddies with HL Mencken, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tolkein and C.S. Lewis. Mad vocabulary, word games, anagrams, etc. And caustic.
A very good book!!Quote:
Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds!
Try reading the Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin, some of the best sci-fi/fantasy I've read in ages
Cool. My wife just gave me "The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms." All I need now is time to read.Quote:
Originally Posted by kamtron
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Anyone read any newspaper lately?
Super ultra dystopian
Trying to get through 'The Plague' by one of my favorite authors, Al C.
Very good books for sure, read them a few months ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by kamtron
Nice comic series with meaning and logical story, but I didn't understand why the series was antipopular.Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
another Vonnegut is Player Piano
The Road and Blood Meridian FTW, but has Neuromancer by William Gibson been mentioned.?
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by rip
Read it early on into the pandemic last Spring; perhaps more post-apocalyptic than dystopian, if there is such a diff. Extremely intelligent imagining of how things might play out in the decades following a grinding halt to civilization.
Lots of food for thought - a truly great read!
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Originally Posted by rip
Been meaning to go back and read this again, but currently have a stack in the queue to get through. Did see that it's been made into a series...Quote:
Originally Posted by fomofo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glHe-86W-4c
Don't have MGM+, so will have to wait and see if it pops up somewhere else down the road.
I just read through this thread, I’m surprised “Good News” by Edward Abbey wasn’t mentioned. Great read and of course an indictment of modern society with a nice dose of humor mixed in.
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I second Danno's Dog Stars....not intense dystopian but enjoyable....and the Author is a Colorado boy (transplant)...Peter Heller....written alot that touches on Colorado and often flyfishing, no other dystopian (though the new one the Burn could edge into that category)....me liked the River, the Guide, the Painter....a bit meh for his recent Burn and the Last Ranger but still enjoyed
The Dystopian Books would be a good band name.