A very slept-on dystopian work for my money is *Player Piano* by Kurt Vonnegut. I think *1984* is probably a better novel from a literary standpoint, but *Player Piano* hit me WAY harder because of just how ***real*** it felt. Like, people say that *1984* could very well happen in the modern era and they’re definitely right, but *Player Piano* feels to me not only as if it is currently happening, but that it has ***been*** happening for decades already.
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Ben Elton, This other Eden
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Julia by Sandra Newman — tells the story of Julia’s point of view, who was Winston’s lover in 1984.
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
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Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. I read it in January and it made everything going on in the US much more chilling. Gut-wrenching tale of Ireland’s slide into totalitarianism. Won the Booker Prize in 2023.
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World War Z by Max Brooks. Yes, there are zombies, but it really helps break down what happens in a global epidemic. It’s told from the perspective of people who experience each state of the outbreak, the military response, the effect on the supply chain, and coping with rebuilding and healing.
Do not pay attention to the movie.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.
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I’m reading Mickey7 and it’s going pretty well so far.
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A very slept-on dystopian work for my money is *Player Piano* by Kurt Vonnegut. I think *1984* is probably a better novel from a literary standpoint, but *Player Piano* hit me WAY harder because of just how ***real*** it felt. Like, people say that *1984* could very well happen in the modern era and they’re definitely right, but *Player Piano* feels to me not only as if it is currently happening, but that it has ***been*** happening for decades already.
Ben Elton, This other Eden
Julia by Sandra Newman — tells the story of Julia’s point of view, who was Winston’s lover in 1984.
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. I read it in January and it made everything going on in the US much more chilling. Gut-wrenching tale of Ireland’s slide into totalitarianism. Won the Booker Prize in 2023.
World War Z by Max Brooks. Yes, there are zombies, but it really helps break down what happens in a global epidemic. It’s told from the perspective of people who experience each state of the outbreak, the military response, the effect on the supply chain, and coping with rebuilding and healing.
Do not pay attention to the movie.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.
I’m reading Mickey7 and it’s going pretty well so far.
The MaddAddam trilogy by Margaret Atwood!
Z for Zachariah by Robert O’Brien
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
The Wall by John Lanchester
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Farenheight 451
The Road by Cormac McCarthy