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Dystopian Literature
Paper Beats Rock:
I preferred the book of Clockwork Orange to the film, I think the book encourages you to think about the issues more. Also, he's come up with some cool new slang.
One of my favourite ever books is Shamanspace by Steve Aylett. He's a pretty funny cyberpunk writer, some of his other books are set in various dystopic societies. Also, he has the best set of quotes you'll ever hear from a single writer-
"One golfer a year gets hit by lightning, this may be the only evidence we have that God exists."
"Sanity's a virginity of the mind."
"An optimist sees the future the same way a rabbit sees an oncoming truck- getting bigger not closer."
"Biting your opponants is acceptable in a very narrow range of circumstances...or so a ninja shouted at me once."
There's more here- http://www.steveaylett.com/Pages/aylettquotes.html
Hythlodaeus:
We by Evgenii Zamyatin.
Managed to write a dystopian-future-as-allegory-for-Stalinism in the early 1920's.
For the historically lobotomised, that was in fact before Stalin's rise to power.
TheCourtJester:
Would the "Left Behind" series be considered dystopian?
Luke C:
--- Quote from: Orchid ---Brave New World is one of my favorite dystopian novels. :)
I believe The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood would fall under this category, as well, if you're interested.
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Don't read the Handmaids Tale! Its boring drivel.
As for dystopian stories I think Ive only really read 1984 which comes into that catergory.
Switchblade:
It may not technically qualify as "literature" because of it's format, but check out "Tales From The After Now".
The format is that of a guy doing a pirate radio broadcast backwards in time to try and stop his world from coming to pass. It's all episodic, fantastically written, and incredibly well acted by the author.
Due to be coming out in graphic novel format pretty soon, too.
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