Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature
- Beschreibung
- 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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11,738 Mitglieder
308 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 14
Bewertung 16
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:36 PM
- 17 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, megschristina, pan0ramix, dianeham, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07,Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Erklärungen
- 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*
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von George Orwell
81,903 Mitglieder
1,270 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 2
Bewertung 30
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:17 PM
- 30 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, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612, midget84
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Classic political dystopia. Mass surveillance, propaganda, historical deletion, mind control, and extreme totalitarianism. Required reading.
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von Philip K. Dick
13,823 Mitglieder
357 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 22
Bewertung 13
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 13 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: WWII alternate history dystopia. Fascist US.
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von Ray Bradbury
53,871 Mitglieder
996 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 1
Bewertung 37
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:18 PM
- 37 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, thehappyteacher, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, flemertown, Charon07, midget84
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Futuristic philosophical dystopia. Loss of freedom of speech, mass consumerism, totalitarianism and extreme censorship. Required reading.
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von Justin Cronin
9,389 Mitglieder
633 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 32
Bewertung 11
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:49 PM
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, BLBera, Bluewolf0411, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,DavidCady
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Vampire apocalypse. First in a trilogy.
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von Justin Cronin
3,559 Mitglieder
167 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 36
Bewertung 10
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 02:06 PM
- 10 Members
- youthfulzombie, ShelfMonkey, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Sequel to The Passage.
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von Nevil Shute
4,883 Mitglieder
177 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 24
Bewertung 13
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 02:02 PM
- 13 Members
- SylviaC, sturlington, cataloga, Fiamme, greydoll, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, ahef1963, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, Charon07
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Classic "pre-apocalyptic" novel. Nuclear devastation.
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von John Wyndham
7,450 Mitglieder
207 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 27
Bewertung 12
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:35 PM
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, Bluewolf0411, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Apocalyptic "cozy catastrophe". Blindness epidemic and man-eating plants.
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von Pat Frank
4,935 Mitglieder
144 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 62
Bewertung 6
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:36 PM
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, allyrod113
- Erklärungen
- 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.
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von Larry Niven
4,312 Mitglieder
70 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 79
Bewertung 5
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 5 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Erklärungen
- 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.
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von Arthur C. Clarke
10,196 Mitglieder
230 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 35
Bewertung 10
Hinzugefügt 2014-05-15, 04:10 PM
- 11 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Erklärungen
- aulsmith : Clarke didn't mean this to be dystopian, just a sad evolutionary farewell.sturlington: False utopia. Alien invasion, transhumanism.
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von Stephen King
13,556 Mitglieder
761 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 51
Bewertung 7
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 02:09 PM
- 8 Members
- sturlington, Bluewolf0411, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, JoyKP, allyrod113, flemertown,ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Time travel and alternate history.
Dystopia is only at the very end, as a result of changes to the timestream.
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von Kazuo Ishiguro
22,810 Mitglieder
938 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 21
Bewertung 13
Hinzugefügt 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
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Alternate history dystopia.
Cloning and organ harvesting.
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von Max Brooks
15,466 Mitglieder
713 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 50
Bewertung 7
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 02:03 PM
- 9 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, Lucy_Skywalker, megschristina, awarren1, Rosenort, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, ,Bluewolf0411
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Zombie apocalypse.
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6,968 Mitglieder
216 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 124
Bewertung 3
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:57 PM
- 4 Members
- ShellyS, sallypursell, sturlington, Verkruissen,Bluewolf0411
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia with noir themes. First in a series.
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von Richard Matheson
4,832 Mitglieder
190 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 78
Bewertung 5
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 02:00 PM
- 7 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, rretzler, Jarandel, nagasravika.bodapati, Verkruissen,Bluewolf0411 ,DavidCady
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Vampire/zombie apocalypse.
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von Jeff VanderMeer
6,345 Mitglieder
367 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 125
Bewertung 3
Hinzugefügt 2014-05-27, 03:27 PM
- 4 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, rretzler, Dreesie,Bluewolf0411
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: First in a trilogy. Mysteriously transformed Area X threatens to spread beyond its border.
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von Margaret Atwood
7,280 Mitglieder
362 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 37
Bewertung 9
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:48 PM
- 11 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, zfak102,Bluewolf0411 ,Rosenort
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Sequel to Oryx and Crake.
