Dystopia Land discussion

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Stand alone, cause the rest of the series isn't as good, "Dies the Fire" by Stirling is GREAT. Don't get me wrong, the rest of the series isn't bad, it's just a let down from the first one, IMO.

I loved The Year of the Flood. I know it’s the second of a three book series, but it was my favourite one of the set. Plus i read it first not knowing it was part of a series and loved it.
So far it’s my favourite ‘so close to reality, it might come true’ read.

Angelfall by Susan Ee :D

1984 by George Orwell

Vir wrote: "I loved The Year of the Flood. I know it’s the second of a three book series, but it was my favourite one of the set. Plus i read it first not knowing it was part of a series and loved it.
So far ..."

I loved the third one - Madaddam - because of its ending (won't spoil anything here). And, yes, I reckon Atwood creates a world you can completely see coming into reality one day.

Probably Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling (although the series began to drag later on). If not that one, probably One Second After.

troll mode on : all Modern History books focused on the exploitation of people (industrial revolution, slavery, colonial imperialism, wars, ...) and the crackdown of grassroot movements troll mode off

Ken wrote: "... If not that one, probably One Second After."
+1, for its chilling practical/technical realism.

Dramawise, maybe The Road by C. Mac Carthy.

The Passage by Justin Cronin even if I still have not read the final book of the trilogy. Oh and Panem today, Panem tomorrow Panem forever 😍

I have several; One Second After for sure, the Walking Dead series, and of course A Time of Darkness:Book One - Scatter the Ashes haha

Stolen Conscience (Political Scavengers Series Book 1) http://amzn.to/2H7TeSL

I'm with Ken. I like Dies the Fire by Stirling although it kind of started losing me when their grandchildren started selling to Japan....

That’s soooo difficult !!! It either has to be The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare or Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Cat's Cradle, next best is Death of Grass

Cat's Cradle is one of my all time favorites!!! I will look for Death of Grass as I have never read that - so great to get good suggestions. Although my TBR list, like most people's, is already halfway to the moon! Cheers! Val

Is "The Stand" Dystopian enough to be considered Dystopian? I'm leaning towards yes and I call that one. I'll need to check out Cats Cradle.

My favourite Dystopian series right now is the After The Thaw Series by Tamar Sloan & Heidi Catherine. I have read the prequel and first two books and loved them. The world building is amazing and the books have great characters paired with a brilliant plot too!

I’m another The Stand devotee, but if we are talking something slightly more recent, the Wool series by Hugh Howey.

For a long time mine was the hunger games series but I just read the fire and flood series and I can’t decide between the two!!

The Hunger Games and Divergent

The Game is Life

I love lots of dystopian books and The Farmis amongst my favourites and it was released in paperback yesterday! Definitely recommend this book!!

My favorite is The Handmaid's Tale although it makes me queasy to read it these days :P

Battle Royale is probably my top. Intense and graphically violent, but the original book by Kooushan Takami is worth the read. Very different from the cult classic film.

The Crimson Labyrinth by Yusuke Kishi is another favorite.

Both stand alone.

(What a terrific thread! I'm adding books left & right!)

Never Let Me Go is one of the best I have read in 30 years. Understated and horrifying. Stands with the very best of the genre.

Divergent / Hunger Games

Wool by Hugh Howey
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe

Well, my absolute favourite is Opstaan op zaterdag by Jan Gerhard Toonder. In English: Getting up on Saturday (although the book was never translated as far as I know).
It's about a man who gets up every morning, just as hundreds of other people in the underground world where he lives. Think of communal sleeping, eating and working rooms. There is a strict regime: people have (useless) jobs; the main character has a job as 'writer' which means that he has to copy, by hand, 'the book of rules' over and over.
It is a brilliant book!
Of course we learn he's living in an underground prison but how he got there? He doesn't know. Nobody does.
Until he discovers there is a way to get his memories back and to escape.
I've read it just about 20 times I think, since it was written in 1974.

But only yesterday I received my printed copy of The End of the World Running Club by Adrian Walker


which comes in as a good second!

I also like The Girl with All the Gifts

I absolutely loved all 3 of the legend series books there was action, romance and the best part about this genre; it makes u think

The Hunger Games, divergent is a knock off (at least the first book) and Ready Player One, haven’t seen that one on this list… *sigh

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I really love We !! Like the iron heel, it influenced most classic and modern dystopias like 1984 and, partly, BNW. I really recommend it even though the translation can be a little sloppy depending on which version you’re reading.