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This is a list of notable works of dystopian literature. A dystopia is an unpleasant (typically repressive) society, often propagandized as being utopian. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction states that dystopian works depict a negative view of "the way the world is supposedly going in order to provide urgent propaganda for a change in direction."
The Harvest (Wilson novel) Hazards of Time Travel; Headhunter (novel) The Heart Goes Last; Heliopolis (Jünger novel) Hell's Pavement; Hello America; Hermit and Six-Toes; Heroes Die; High-Opp; The History of a Town; A History of the Future (novel) Hive Propolis; Homeland (Doctorow novel) The Hopkins Manuscript; The House of the Scorpion; The ...
We (Russian: Мы, romanized: My) is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin (often anglicised as Eugene Zamiatin) that was written in 1920–1921. [1] It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York, with the original Russian text first published in 1952.
Dystopian political situations are depicted in novels such as We, Parable of the Sower, Darkness at Noon, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Brave New World, The Handmaid's Tale, The Hunger Games, Divergent and Fahrenheit 451 and such films as Metropolis, Brazil (1985), Battle Royale, FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions, Soylent Green, The Purge: Election Year ...
Silo is a dystopian series of post-apocalyptic science fiction books by American writer Hugh Howey. The series started in 2011 with the short story "Wool", which was later published together with four sequel novellas as a novel with the same name. Along with Wool, the series consists of Shift, Dust, three short stories, and Wool: The Graphic ...
Matched, by Ally Condie, is the first novel in the Matched trilogy. The novel is a dystopian young adult novel about a tightly controlled society in which young people are "matched" with their life partners at the age of 17. The main character is 18-year-old Cassia Reyes, who is Matched with her best friend, Xander Carrow.
“The Hunger Games.” “Divergent.” “The Maze Runner.” The dystopian craze of the 2010s prompted a wave of on-screen adaptations and new book releases.
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