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Post by janetandjohn on Aug 14, 2017 7:38:08 GMT
Warning!!!! this is not the best list in the world, but it is interesting. So get read to add your own favourites, and say why some books shouldn't be on this list! www.listchallenges.com/50-best-dystopian-novelsMe: Why is Gullivers Travels on that list? He went travelling and found new places, but it wasn't as the result of a dreadful world event, was it? Where is How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff? Where is Station Eleven - Emily St John Mantel?Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn? - is that really dystopian, or just a fairy tale? Look forward to your comments on this list! |
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Post by geminii on Aug 14, 2017 11:58:56 GMT
An interesting list .. although I was force fed both the George Orwell books at school, I've not touched this genre at all .. I'd be interested in Handmaid's, but only as I'm enjoying the TV adaptation ..  |
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Post by peppercricket on Aug 14, 2017 12:11:22 GMT
I'd say The Stand by Stephen King was quite dystopian. Right up your street Mrs Mac!  The OED's definition of dystopian is - "An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one."
So I suppose Gulliver's Travels does fit!  |
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Post by pennylane on Aug 14, 2017 12:11:59 GMT
I've read 13 and have many more on my TBR shelves.
I agree though Gulliver's Travels? And yes Station Eleven should be there.
What about The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Or the Wool Trilogy by Hugh Howey
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Life As we Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist
Blindness by Jose Saramago and On The Beach by Nevil Shute are on my TBR and should be on there
I could go on .............lol
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Post by pennylane on Aug 14, 2017 12:52:08 GMT
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Post by pennylane on Aug 14, 2017 13:16:54 GMT
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Post by janetandjohn on Aug 14, 2017 13:19:02 GMT
Yes, and on that goodreads list I found The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness: I read all three in the trilogy, and loved every one....
and then that brought to mind another good read - The Last Town on Earth - Thomas Mullen which I read after I saw that pennyt rated it, It is an excellent read but seems to have dropped off the radar.
And then on the other list Mandy posted I spotted This Perfect Day - Ira Levin
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Post by anzee on Aug 14, 2017 13:59:33 GMT
Yes, and on that goodreads list I found The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness: I read all three in the trilogy, and loved every one.... and then that brought to mind another good read - The Last Town on Earth - Thomas Mullen which I read after I saw that pennyt rated it, It is an excellent read but seems to have dropped off the radar. And then on the other list Mandy posted I spotted This Perfect Day - Ira Levin |
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Post by anzee on Aug 14, 2017 14:01:17 GMT
E.M. Forster's The Machine Stops.
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Post by windysisters on Aug 14, 2017 17:42:09 GMT
I second ( or third) Station Eleven, The Chaos Walking trilogy and Day of the Triffids.
Also by John Wyndham I would recommend The Chrysalids
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Post by pennylane on Aug 15, 2017 10:25:07 GMT
Yes, and on that goodreads list I found The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness: I read all three in the trilogy, and loved every one.... and then that brought to mind another good read - The Last Town on Earth - Thomas Mullen which I read after I saw that pennyt rated it, It is an excellent read but seems to have dropped off the radar. And then on the other list Mandy posted I spotted This Perfect Day - Ira LevinI also loved the Chaos Walking trilogy a few years ago. I have The Last Town on Earth and This Perfect Day on my kindle - must read them soon! |
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Post by pennylane on Aug 23, 2017 13:11:11 GMT
Yes, I've just spotted that I've won a copy of Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed in a GR giveaway, hopefully it should be here next week  I've not won anything for 2 or 3 months and I really wanted this one. |
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Post by polish6 on Aug 24, 2017 18:35:35 GMT
Dear All,
A very interesting list - but very controversial. I think there are 2 obvious ommisions, Blade Runner by Philip K. Dick, and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The Dick novel is particularly good, he is the very definition of a dystopian writer. The Road is simply brilliant writing,
Yours
polish6, Marek
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I've not won anything for 2 or 3 months and I really wanted this one.
