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Dystopian Literature
KharBevNor:
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--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---As for movies, 'A Clockwork Orange'
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. . . Uh, you do realise that this was a book first, right Khar?
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Yes, but I didn't like the book ^_^
Whoever mentioned Zardoz is funny, but evil.
@ Cuchlann: Dammit! How could I forget Vonnegut? Also, I think pretty much all of Brunners novels are dystopian, but I've only read Shockwave Rider and Stand on Zanzibar.
@zmeiat_joro: high five's for geekery! Hurrah!
cuchlann:
Khar: you had a very long list - I think it's probably all right to forget someone.
I believe you're right about Brunner, though - I've only read Sheep. . ., though. I really wanna read Shockwave Rider, but I own quite a few books I need to read yet (over a hundred, at last count), and Brunner's very good at making a reader fairly depressed.
Brunner also helped design the peace sign, if I remember correctly - it was originally a stylized graphic of the semaphore signs for N and D (nuclear disarmament) used a lot in fifties Britain. Like a lot of movements, the ND touched base with the anti-war movement later on, and the symbol transferred.
Mnementh:
--- Quote from: El-Rodente ---i'll tell you an awesome dystopian movie...
ZARDOZ
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Hah! This was on tv the other night.
JP:
A very worthwhile read that hasn't been mentioned yet is We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. He wrote it between 1917-1920, so it predates Brave New World, etc., and is a an example of a dystopian novel actually written in the kind of society it portrays.
Ozymandias:
Also, in the movie realm, much love for Gattaca.
One of my favorite sci-fi/dystopian movies.
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