Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature
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- 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
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- sturlington: Classic feminist dystopia. Totalitarianism, infertility, theocracy. Required reading.
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- sturlington: Classic political dystopia. Mass surveillance, propaganda, historical deletion, mind control, and extreme totalitarianism. Required reading.
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- sturlington: Political/satirical allegory with animal characters. Propaganda and totalitarianism. Required reading.
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- sturlington: Classic dystopia and counterpoint to 1984. Genetic engineering, mass consumerism, mind control, totalitarianism. Required reading.
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- sturlington: Allegorical dystopia. Castaway boys on an uninhabited island regress to savagery.
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- sturlington: Futuristic military SF with dystopian themes. Child soldiers versus aliens. First in a series.Her_Royal_Orangeness : Homophobic and misogynistic.
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- sturlington: Philosophical futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation, androids, existentialism.
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- sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia leading to an apocalypse. First of a trilogy.
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- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia/apocalyptic novel. Male infertility, human extinction, dictatorship. Christian allegory.
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- sturlington: Future subterranean totalitarian society. Post-apocalyptic--environmental destruction.
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- sturlington: Sequel to Oryx and Crake.
