What are some of the most important pieces of Dystopian literature that I should read?
And I mean truly Dystopian like Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, A Clockwork Orange, Handmaid’s Tale, Andrei Tarkovsky’s STALKER, Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, or Animal Farm.
Straight Post-Apocalyptic stories like The Road don’t fall into that category for me, as The Road seems more focused on individual survival within a harsh new world after massive destruction, rather than exploring the failure of a crumbling society as how a Dystopian story is supposed to go.
Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian stories like 28 Days Later or Threads are acceptable though.
by Def-C