Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature
- Beschrijving
- This is my preset list of dystopian/utopian literature, which includes apocalyptic literature, for the purposes of this list. Feel free to vote up your recommendations and thumbs down books that are not worth reading. Keywords: dystopia, utopia, apocalypse, postapocalyptic
1
door Ray Bradbury
54,748 leden
1,011 besprekingen
4
Score 38
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:18 PM
- 38 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, BookWallah, amz310783, ShellyS, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, BLBera, alex68, eclecticdodo, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, dianeham, EvolvedMan, avm1863, Vit.Z, AyannaKW, Andrew_Orange, thehappyteacher, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, flemertown, Charon07, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic philosophical dystopia. Loss of freedom of speech, mass consumerism, totalitarianism and extreme censorship. Required reading.
2
- 31 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, nicoleop, SENSpence, pan0ramix, JoyKP, dianeham, zfak102, EvolvedMan, Vit.Z, Andrew_Orange, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic political dystopia. Mass surveillance, propaganda, historical deletion, mind control, and extreme totalitarianism. Required reading.
3
door Aldous Huxley
54,520 leden
778 besprekingen
3.9
Score 30
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:17 PM
- 30 Members
- ShelfMonkey, amz310783, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, klcallahan13, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic dystopia and counterpoint to 1984. Genetic engineering, mass consumerism, mind control, totalitarianism. Required reading.
4
door George Orwell
60,890 leden
886 besprekingen
4
Score 28
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:34 PM
- 28 Members
- BookWallah, amz310783, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, greydoll, BLBera, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, Andrew_Orange, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Political/satirical allegory with animal characters. Propaganda and totalitarianism. Required reading.
5
door Margaret Atwood
42,986 leden
1,155 besprekingen
4.1
Score 28
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:22 PM
- 30 Members
- ShelfMonkey, amz310783, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, greydoll, BLBera, Dilara86, alex68, eclecticdodo, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07,Rosenort ,Andrew_Orange
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic feminist dystopia. Totalitarianism, infertility, theocracy. Required reading.
6
door William Golding
50,279 leden
740 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 23
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:35 PM
- 23 Members
- BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, Andrew_Orange, allyrod113, Charon07, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Allegorical dystopia. Castaway boys on an uninhabited island regress to savagery.
7
- 22 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, BookWallah, amz310783, sturlington, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, Verkruissen, megschristina, nicoleop, JoyKP, EvolvedMan, awarren1, Andrew_Orange, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, midget84,Lucy_Skywalker
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic example of a children's dystopia, one of the few on this list.
8
door Margaret Atwood
17,104 leden
539 besprekingen
3.9
Score 21
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:21 PM
- 22 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, zfak102, allyrod113, Charon07, midget84,Rosenort
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia leading to an apocalypse. First of a trilogy.
9
door Stephen King
4,687 leden
101 besprekingen
4.2
Score 21
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:06 PM
- 21 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, jasmaynard, alex68, rretzler, Her_Royal_Orangeness, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, NateK, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, BlueHeaven1969, SENSpence, JoyKP, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise, flemertown, Charon07, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Biblical apocalypse, epidemic of human-engineered virus, showdown between good and evil.
10
door Cormac McCarthy
34,885 leden
1,405 besprekingen
4.1
Score 19
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:46 PM
- 19 Members
- KimarieBee, amz310783, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, megschristina, JoyKP, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic. A man and his son wander through a desolated landscape of ashes, eking out their survival from the little that's left remaining, while trying to get... well, nowhere in particular, really.
11
door Philip K. Dick
19,584 leden
476 besprekingen
4
Score 18
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:18 PM
- 18 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, JoyKP, dianeham, zfak102, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, flemertown, izzy45
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Philosophical futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation, androids, existentialism.
12
door H. G. Wells
17,941 leden
340 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 17
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:29 PM
- 17 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, JoyKP, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise, Charon07, izzy45
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic time travel novel. Far future dystopia in which humanity has de-evolved; also dying Earth. Required reading.
13
door Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,889 leden
314 besprekingen
3.9
Score 17
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:36 PM
- 18 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, megschristina, pan0ramix, dianeham, EvolvedMan, Andrew_Orange, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07,Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic theological novel. Six hundred years after the Simplification -- total nuclear annihilation -- a cloister of monks in Utah preserve the little that remains of the world's knowledge, and wonder whether mankind is perpetually doomed to destroy itself.Her_Royal_Orangeness : I've tried to read this several times and just can't get past the monk wandering around in the desert digging holes. *yawn*
14
12,044 leden
783 besprekingen
4.1
Score 16
Toegevoegd 2014-09-20, 06:37 PM
- 16 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, rretzler, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, Rosenort, allyrod113, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Flu pandemic wipes out most of the population.
15
door Suzanne Collins
65,559 leden
3,499 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 15
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:18 PM
- 21 Members
- KimarieBee, amz310783, ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie, Verkruissen, megschristina, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, Andrew_Orange, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, flemertown, ,Her_Royal_Orangeness ,cej1027 ,Lucy_Skywalker ,DavidCady ,
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Televised survival contests. Post-apocalyptic future America. Probably the best of the recent YA dystopias.Her_Royal_Orangeness :
"We're in a battle for our lives so why don't we go in this cave and make out for awhile?" *eyeroll*
16
door Suzanne Collins
50,077 leden
1,801 besprekingen
4.2
Score 15
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:49 PM
- 17 Members
- amz310783, ShellyS, sturlington, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie, megschristina, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, Andrew_Orange, allyrod113, izzy45,Her_Royal_Orangeness ,Lucy_Skywalker
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to The Hunger Games.
17
door Anthony Burgess
26,132 leden
387 besprekingen
4
Score 15
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:19 PM
- 16 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, megschristina, JoyKP, izzy45,Andrew_Orange
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic futuristic dystopia written in fictional dialect. Mind control, extreme violence. Required reading.
18
door Kurt Vonnegut
22,572 leden
299 besprekingen
4.1
Score 15
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:05 PM
- 15 Members
- ShelfMonkey, BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, Aug3Zimm, gypsysmom, ahef1963, pan0ramix, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise, Charon07, izzy45
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Satirical apocalyptic novel.
19
door Ursula K. Le Guin
10,873 leden
264 besprekingen
4.1
Score 14
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:59 PM
- 15 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,skid0612
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: False utopia/anarchism.skid0612 : Wonderful book, not a dystopia
20
door Orson Scott Card
41,577 leden
1,052 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 13
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:41 PM
- 15 Members
- BookWallah, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, Fiamme, rretzler, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Verkruissen, nicoleop, SENSpence, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, awarren1,Her_Royal_Orangeness ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic military SF with dystopian themes. Child soldiers versus aliens. First in a series.Her_Royal_Orangeness : Homophobic and misogynistic.
21
door Kazuo Ishiguro
23,214 leden
939 besprekingen
3.8
Score 13
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:46 PM
- 14 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie, Verkruissen, dianeham, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,Bluewolf0411
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Alternate history dystopia.
Cloning and organ harvesting.
22
door Philip K. Dick
13,986 leden
361 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 13
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 13 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: WWII alternate history dystopia. Fascist US.
23
- 14 Members
- ShellyS, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, Andrew_Orange, ManWithAnAgenda, izzy45, skid0612,Verkruissen
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic precursor to 1984. Required reading for serious fans of dystopian lit.
24
door Octavia E. Butler
8,267 leden
239 besprekingen
4.1
Score 13
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:19 PM
- 13 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist dystopia. Society has completely collapsed, and a young woman is driven from her home after her neighborhood is burned and her family murdered. Despite the violence and hopelessness that surrounds her, she is determined to spread her spiritual message.
25
- 13 Members
- SylviaC, sturlington, cataloga, Fiamme, greydoll, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, ahef1963, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic "pre-apocalyptic" novel. Nuclear devastation.
26
door Suzanne Collins
46,128 leden
1,751 besprekingen
3.9
Score 12
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:50 PM
- 14 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, Dreesie, megschristina, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, Andrew_Orange, allyrod113, ,Lucy_Skywalker
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to Catching Fire.
27
door Ray Bradbury
16,852 leden
323 besprekingen
4
Score 12
Toegevoegd 2014-05-18, 10:37 AM
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, SylviaC, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Human colonization of Mars, during which there is a nuclear war on Earth.
28
door John Wyndham
7,550 leden
208 besprekingen
4
Score 12
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:35 PM
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, Bluewolf0411, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Apocalyptic "cozy catastrophe". Blindness epidemic and man-eating plants.
29
- 12 Members
- merrystar, SylviaC, sturlington, eclecticdodo, rretzler, NateK, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, JoyKP, zfak102, awarren1, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Future subterranean totalitarian society. Post-apocalyptic--environmental destruction.
30
door William Gibson
23,305 leden
377 besprekingen
3.9
Score 11
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:41 PM
- 11 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic cyberpunk. Required reading.
31
- 11 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, sturlington, Dilara86, rretzler, cej1027, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: YA dystopia. Conformity, personal appearance. First of a series.
32
door Justin Cronin
9,494 leden
640 besprekingen
3.9
Score 11
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:49 PM
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, BLBera, Bluewolf0411, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,DavidCady
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Vampire apocalypse. First in a trilogy.
33
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, TheRealLouise,Rosenort
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to The Year of the Flood.
34
door Neal Stephenson
20,321 leden
401 besprekingen
4.1
Score 10
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:21 PM
- 10 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Cyberpunk (or post-cyberpunk).
35
door Arthur C. Clarke
10,315 leden
231 besprekingen
3.9
Score 10
Toegevoegd 2014-05-15, 04:10 PM
- 11 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith : Clarke didn't mean this to be dystopian, just a sad evolutionary farewell.sturlington: False utopia. Alien invasion, transhumanism.
36
- 10 Members
- youthfulzombie, ShelfMonkey, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to The Passage.
37
door Margaret Atwood
7,366 leden
362 besprekingen
3.9
Score 9
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:48 PM
- 11 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, zfak102,Bluewolf0411 ,Rosenort
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to Oryx and Crake.
38
door P. D. James
5,857 leden
202 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 9
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:42 PM
- 9 Members
- sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, ahef1963, JoyKP, DavidCady, zfak102, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia/apocalyptic novel. Male infertility, human extinction, dictatorship. Christian allegory.
39
door Ira Levin
3,104 leden
91 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 9
Toegevoegd 2014-03-09, 05:22 PM
- 9 Members
- sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, ahef1963, Dreesie, JoyKP, ManWithAnAgenda, flemertown
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist dystopia in which
suburban housewives are replaced with robot versions of themselves by their husbands.
40
- 10 Members
- KimarieBee, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, ahef1963, Dreesie, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, allyrod113,sturlington ,DavidCady
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : YA dystopia. Conformity, totalitarianism. First of a trilogy.
41
door José Saramago
13,203 leden
394 besprekingen
4.1
Score 8
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:05 PM
- 8 Members
- sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Apocalyptic allegory. Blindness epidemic, extreme regression of civilization.
42
- 8 Members
- sturlington, BLBera, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, pan0ramix, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist dystopia in which women gain the power to kill with electrical shocks. Reverse gender roles.
43
- 8 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, greydoll, gypsysmom, ahef1963
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic dystopia. Evolution of humanity, development of telepathic powers, theological themes. YA audience.
44
door Octavia E. Butler
3,669 leden
96 besprekingen
4.1
Score 8
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:02 PM
- 8 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to Parable of the Sower.
45
- 8 Members
- sturlington, BLBera, rretzler, Her_Royal_Orangeness, Dreesie, dianeham, ManWithAnAgenda, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Organ harvesting, euthanasia of the aged and non-productive members of society.
46
door Terry Pratchett
35,263 leden
795 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-05-16, 04:06 PM
- 7 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Comic apocalyptic novel that takes the biblical rapture as its premise.
47
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, Fiamme, rretzler, ahef1963, NateK, Dreesie, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Alternate history with superheroes. Dystopian and apocalyptic themes.
48
door Ernest Cline
18,846 leden
1,285 besprekingen
4.1
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:51 PM
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, rretzler, Dreesie, Verkruissen, dianeham, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda,Rosenort
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia: overcrowding and escape to virtual reality. Video game-like narrative.
49
door David Mitchell
17,894 leden
681 besprekingen
4.1
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:45 PM
- 8 Members
- PDE, sturlington, BLBera, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, allyrod113, midget84,
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: This novel takes place in many different time periods, one of which is a mega-corporation dystopia with cloning, and another is a post-apocalyptic scenario featuring a fictional dialect.
50
- 9 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, Lucy_Skywalker, megschristina, awarren1, Rosenort, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, ,Bluewolf0411
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Zombie apocalypse.
51
- 8 Members
- sturlington, Bluewolf0411, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, JoyKP, allyrod113, flemertown,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Time travel and alternate history.
Dystopia is only at the very end, as a result of changes to the timestream.
52
- 8 Members
- sturlington, cataloga, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, kara.shamy, JoyKP, awarren1, allyrod113,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: A mysterious dome encloses a small town and civilization regresses quickly. Strong apocalyptic themes.
53
door Paolo Bacigalupi
6,281 leden
302 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:49 PM
- 8 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, Lucy_Skywalker, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia. Climate change and genetic engineering.Her_Royal_Orangeness :
RapeX1000. *shudder*
54
door David Brin
4,196 leden
91 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:02 PM
- 8 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, merrystar, sturlington, greydoll, rretzler, megschristina, TheRealLouise,DavidCady
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic. When the end of America comes, what is the one thing that can bring us back from the brink of complete anarchy? That's right: the U.S. Postal Service.
55
- 7 Members
- ShellyS, aulsmith, sturlington, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, pan0ramix, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Far future following an apocalypse; first contact with advanced alien species. First in a trilogy.
56
2,636 leden
68 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-11-03, 11:54 AM
- 7 Members
- sturlington, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, Dreesie, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: A utopian all-female society.
57
door Kate Wilhelm
1,800 leden
66 besprekingen
3.8
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:06 PM
- 7 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, dianeham, EvolvedMan, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic novel. Cloning, loss of individuality.
58
door Jean Hegland
1,549 leden
48 besprekingen
3.9
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 7 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, dianeham, allyrod113, TheRealLouise
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist post-apocalyptic fiction. Regression of civilization, return to the wilderness.
59
door H. G. Wells
18,722 leden
311 besprekingen
3.8
Score 6
Toegevoegd 2014-05-19, 11:06 AM
- 6 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, alex68, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Martian invasion with a strong apocalyptic tone.
60
- 8 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sallypursell, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, kara.shamy, Dreesie, dianeham,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : YA dystopia inspired by 1984.
61
- 6 Members
- youthfulzombie, ShelfMonkey, sallypursell, sturlington, BlueHeaven1969, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Survival contests. One of The Bachman Books.
62
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic post-nuclear war apocalyptic fiction. The residents of a small Florida town, having been alerted just prior to an all-out nuclear war, must struggle with the vagaries of small-town politics after the apocalypse.
63
- 6 Members
- SylviaC, sturlington, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: One by one, use of different letters of the alphabet is outlawed in a fictional island country.
64
door Margaret Atwood
2,619 leden
151 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Score 6
Toegevoegd 2015-12-01, 04:36 PM
- 6 Members
- sturlington, BLBera, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, Dreesie, TheRealLouise
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Satirical dystopia in which people volunteer to live in a closed community where they must spend every other month in prison.
65
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan, TheRealLouise, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist spec fiction set in 4 alternate universes, two of which could be considered dystopias.
66
door Sheri S. Tepper
2,175 leden
56 besprekingen
4
Score 6
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:00 PM
- 6 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist false utopia. Post-apocalyptic matriarchal society.
67
door Paolo Bacigalupi
1,836 leden
94 besprekingen
3.8
Score 6
Toegevoegd 2015-11-21, 11:53 AM
- 6 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, BLBera, gypsysmom, awarren1, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Climate change leads to drought, collapse, and violent clashes over water in the Southwest.
68
- 7 Members
- sallypursell, BLBera, Aug3Zimm, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, dianeham, TheRealLouise,sturlington
69
door Ursula K. Le Guin
1,552 leden
23 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6
Toegevoegd 2014-05-19, 11:57 AM
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Collection of three novels. Two are set on alien planets. One is far-future post-apocalyptic Earth following an alien invasion.
70
door Stephen King
23,063 leden
501 besprekingen
3.8
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-05-15, 04:34 PM
- 5 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, SonoranDreamer, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic alternate universe. Mix of western, horror and science fiction. First in a series.
71
- 6 Members
- Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : Sequel to Uglies.
72
door Joe Haldeman
9,520 leden
254 besprekingen
4
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-05-16, 12:45 PM
- 5 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia; perpetual war.
73
door C. S. Lewis
8,414 leden
88 besprekingen
3.8
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:34 PM
- 6 Members
- merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Andrew_Orange, allyrod113,sturlington
74
door N. K. Jemisin
8,286 leden
362 besprekingen
4.2
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2016-05-25, 01:58 PM
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, BLBera, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : DNF
75
door William Gibson
7,359 leden
54 besprekingen
3.8
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:41 PM
- 5 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, sturlington, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to Count Zero.
76
- 5 Members
- KimarieBee, sturlington, gypsysmom, AlWheeler, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Alien civilization that experiences cyclical apocalypses.
77
door Margaret Atwood
6,371 leden
224 besprekingen
4.1
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2020-02-18, 07:23 AM
- 5 Members
- sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Verkruissen
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
78
- 5 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, BLBera, allyrod113, skid0612
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Technological dystopia. Social networks, loss of privacy, corporate culture.
79
door M. R. Carey
5,423 leden
401 besprekingen
4
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-09-19, 01:39 PM
- 6 Members
- rretzler, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, awarren1, allyrod113,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington :
Zombie apocalypse
80
- 5 Members
- sturlington, rretzler, kara.shamy, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: YA dystopia. Technology implants.
81
door Richard Matheson
4,883 leden
193 besprekingen
4
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:00 PM
- 7 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, rretzler, Jarandel, nagasravika.bodapati, Verkruissen,Bluewolf0411 ,DavidCady
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Vampire/zombie apocalypse.
82
door Larry Niven
4,342 leden
70 besprekingen
3.9
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 5 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: A comet has slammed into the Earth, destroying all governing structures, and within weeks all of the survivors have reverted to feudalism, cannibalism and worse. Fun times.
83
- 5 Members
- INTPLibrarian, sallypursell, sturlington, nagasravika.bodapati, Verkruissen
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: People start seeing something that causes them to go violently insane.
84
- 6 Members
- BLBera, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, Verkruissen, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : Post-apocalyptic. DNF
85
door Marge Piercy
2,598 leden
50 besprekingen
3.9
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:40 PM
- 5 Members
- sturlington, greydoll, BLBera, allyrod113, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: A future anarchist utopia presented in contrast with present-day and (briefly) an alternate future dystopia.
86
door Ben H. Winters
2,137 leden
186 besprekingen
3.8
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 5 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, BLBera, rretzler, gypsysmom
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Pre-apocalyptic. Imminent meteor impact causes social collapse. First in a trilogy.
87
- 5 Members
- aulsmith, sallypursell, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: WWII alternate history in which England goes fascist. First in a trilogy.
88
- 5 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, BLBera, kara.shamy, Verkruissen
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Near-future feminist dystopia in which abortion has been outlawed.
89
door M. K. Wren
437 leden
17 besprekingen
3.8
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:00 PM
- 5 Members
- sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-nuclear war. Once the apocalypse is over with, two women survive on a farm on the Oregon coast while trying to preserve the remainder of mankind's knowledge and sparring with the ultra-Christian religious cult down the beach.
90
door James Dashner
16,791 leden
782 besprekingen
3.8
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:48 PM
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, BLBera, rretzler, nagasravika.bodapati, Dreesie, awarren1,sturlington ,Lucy_Skywalker
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : YA dystopia series
91
door Alan Moore
10,638 leden
188 besprekingen
4.2
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:19 PM
- 5 Members
- ShelfMonkey, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : Probably not going to read this since I saw the movie.
92
door C. S. Lewis
9,131 leden
106 besprekingen
3.8
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:33 PM
- 6 Members
- merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Andrew_Orange, allyrod113,aulsmith ,sturlington
93
door Ray Bradbury
9,042 leden
146 besprekingen
4
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-05-17, 01:00 PM
- 5 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, NateK, JoyKP,ShelfMonkey
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Short stories, several of which have apocalyptic and dystopian themes.
94
- 5 Members
- Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : Sequel to Pretties.
95
door Kurt Vonnegut
6,898 leden
82 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:20 PM
- 4 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sallypursell, skid0612
96
door Ursula K. Le Guin
6,623 leden
196 besprekingen
4
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:39 PM
- 6 Members
- PDE, sturlington, rretzler, kara.shamy, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,Lucy_Skywalker ,skid0612
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Alternate realities include dystopian and apocalyptic possibilities.Lucy_Skywalker : a great book, indeed, but it's not really a dystopia
97
- 4 Members
- PDE, sturlington, kara.shamy, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: The last section takes place in a dystopian post-climate change world.
98
- 4 Members
- sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Overcrowding, scarcity of natural resources.
99
door Philip K. Dick
4,392 leden
71 besprekingen
3.9
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-05-19, 09:46 AM
- 4 Members
- PDE, sallypursell, sturlington, nagasravika.bodapati
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation of Earth. Miserable Martian colonies.
100
door Jasper Fforde
4,128 leden
266 besprekingen
4.1
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:48 PM
- 4 Members
- youthfulzombie, ShelfMonkey, cej1027, Dreesie
