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  1. 04-06-2020, 05:02 PM #26
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    We - zamyatin
    Heart of a dog - bulgakov (more satire)
    The Foundation Pit - Platonov
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    Ooooooo ...... The Diamond Age - Stephenson's best book, in my (ever so) humble opinion.
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    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...

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    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
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  6. 06-08-2020, 07:18 AM #31
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    The first few books that popped in my mind are:
    1. Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut
    2. Battle Royale Koushun Takami
    3. Borne Jeff Vandemeer
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    Banged through this in about a day...

    Name: 39599913._UY400_SS400_.jpg Views: 1006 Size: 41.2 KB

    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)
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    The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester.

    It's like cyberpunk written 30 years before cyberpunk was a thing. Great, quick read.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Summit View Post
    That book didn't age so well
    How so? It's been 25 years since I read it, so maybe my memory of it is fuzzy.
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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds! View Post
    The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester.

    It's like cyberpunk written 30 years before cyberpunk was a thing. Great, quick read.
    A very good book!!
    Try reading the Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin, some of the best sci-fi/fantasy I've read in ages
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    Quote Originally Posted by kamtron View Post
    A very good book!!
    Try reading the Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin, some of the best sci-fi/fantasy I've read in ages
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    Anyone read any newspaper lately?

    Super ultra dystopian
    Kill all the telemarkers
    But they’ll put us in jail if we kill all the telemarkers
    Telemarketers! Kill the telemarketers!
    Oh we can do that. We don’t even need a reason
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    Trying to get through 'The Plague' by one of my favorite authors, Al C.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kamtron View Post
    A very good book!!
    Try reading the Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin, some of the best sci-fi/fantasy I've read in ages
    Very good books for sure, read them a few months ago.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dookey67 View Post
    Dunno what your stance on comic books is, but Y THE LAST MAN is a fantastic 60-issue series. It was complied into 10 trade paperback collections.

    FX has a TV series in development, too...
    Nice comic series with meaning and logical story, but I didn't understand why the series was antipopular.
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    another Vonnegut is ​Player Piano
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    The Road and Blood Meridian FTW, but has Neuromancer by William Gibson been mentioned.?
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    Quote Originally Posted by rip View Post
    Earth Abides, George R Stewart..

    From 1949 but seems pretty relevant these days.
    +1

    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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    Quote Originally Posted by rip View Post
    Earth Abides, George R Stewart..

    From 1949 but seems pretty relevant these days.
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    +1

    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!
    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...



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    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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  24. 12-03-2024, 12:01 PM #49
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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
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    The Dystopian Books would be a good band name.
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