1. 774
   1984 door George Orwell (chrisharpe, zasmine, MinaKelly, li33ieg, haraldo, Ludi_Ling, Anonieme gebruiker)

   zasmine: For Orwell was inspired by it. And Orwell's 1984 is as much of a prize as it.

   li33ieg: 1984, Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451: 3 essential titles that remind us of the need to keep our individual souls pure.

   Ludi_Ling: Really, the one cannot be mentioned without the other. Actually, apart from the dystopian subject matter, they are very different stories, but serve as a great counterpoint to one another.

   Anonieme gebruiker: It's essential to read Huxley's and Orwell's books together. Both present the ultimate version of the totalitarian state, but there the similarities end. While Orwell argues in favour of hate and fear, Huxley suggests that pleasure and drugs would be far more effective as controlling forces. Who was the more prescient prophet? That's what every reader should decide for him- or herself.… (meer)

2. 521
   Fahrenheit 451 door Ray Bradbury (phoenix7g, meggyweg, Babou_wk, haraldo)

   Babou_wk: Contre-utopie, société future où l'unique but de la vie est le bonheur. Toute pratique requérant de la réflexion est bannie.

3. 282
   Boze jongens door Anthony Burgess (MinaKelly)
4. 180
   Het verhaal van de dienstmaagd door Margaret Atwood (mcenroeucsb)

   mcenroeucsb: Both are benchmarks for dystopian literature.

5. 151
   The Giver door Lois Lowry (afyfe)
6. 163
   Wij door Yevgeny Zamyatin (hippietrail, tehran)

   hippietrail: The original dystopian novel from which both Huxley and Orwell drew inspiration.

   tehran: Brave New World was largely inspired by Zamyatin's We.

7. 120
   Brave New World Revisited door Aldous Huxley (pyrocow)
8. 70
   De boerderij der dieren door George Orwell (sturlington)
9. 71
   Laat me nooit alleen door Kazuo Ishiguro (sanddancer)
10. 60
    De storm door William Shakespeare (Sylak)

    Sylak: Caliban in The Tempest has many parallels with John the Savage in Brave New World.

11. 50
    Dromen androïden over elektrische schapen? door Philip K. Dick (mcenroeucsb)
12. 50
    The Machine Stops door E. M. Forster (artturnerjr, KayCliff)

    artturnerjr: If you read only one other dystopian SF story, make it this one (well, you should read 1984, too, but you knew that already, didn't you?).

13. 40
    De dag der dagen door Ira Levin (KayCliff)
14. 40
    Daedalus; or, Science and the Future door J. B. S. Haldane (leigonj)

    leigonj: Haldane's ideas of eugenics and ectogenesis, which are laid out alongside others including world government and psychoactive drugs, strongly influenced Huxley's novel.

15. 30
    Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang door Kate Wilhelm (rat_in_a_cage)

    rat_in_a_cage: Hinweis auf Rückentext bei »Hier sangen früher Vögel«.

16. 129
    Catch-22 door Joseph Heller (fundevogel)
17. 86
    Stranger in a Strange Land (Uncut Edition) door Robert A. Heinlein (meggyweg)
18. 20
    De grote pianola door Kurt Vonnegut (Anonieme gebruiker)
19. 21
    Men Like Gods door H. G. Wells (Sylak)

    Sylak: Basically a parody of Wells' own book published seven years earlier.

20. 10
    City of Endless Night door Milo Hastings (fannyprice)

    fannyprice: Both books play with the implications of eugenics and social classes.

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