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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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.
2
von Aldous Huxley
53,874 Mitglieder
772 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 3
Bewertung 30
Hinzugefügt 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
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Classic dystopia and counterpoint to 1984. Genetic engineering, mass consumerism, mind control, totalitarianism. Required reading.
3
von Margaret Atwood
42,244 Mitglieder
1,138 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 4
Bewertung 29
Hinzugefügt 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
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Classic feminist dystopia. Totalitarianism, infertility, theocracy. Required reading.
4
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.
5
von Kurt Vonnegut
22,309 Mitglieder
300 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 16
Bewertung 15
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 02:05 PM
- 15 Members
- ShelfMonkey, BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, Aug3Zimm, gypsysmom, ahef1963, pan0ramix, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise, Charon07, izzy45
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Satirical apocalyptic novel.
6
von George Orwell
59,974 Mitglieder
882 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 5
Bewertung 27
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:34 PM
- 27 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, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Political/satirical allegory with animal characters. Propaganda and totalitarianism. Required reading.
7
von Margaret Atwood
17,010 Mitglieder
536 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 7
Bewertung 21
Hinzugefügt 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
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia leading to an apocalypse. First of a trilogy.
8
11,686 Mitglieder
779 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 15
Bewertung 16
Hinzugefügt 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
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Flu pandemic wipes out most of the population.
9
von Marge Piercy
2,580 Mitglieder
52 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 82
Bewertung 5
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:40 PM
- 5 Members
- sturlington, greydoll, BLBera, allyrod113, Charon07
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: A future anarchist utopia presented in contrast with present-day and (briefly) an alternate future dystopia.
10
von Joanna Russ
2,183 Mitglieder
57 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Globaler Rang 65
Bewertung 6
Hinzugefügt 2014-06-21, 10:17 AM
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan, TheRealLouise, Charon07
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Feminist spec fiction set in 4 alternate universes, two of which could be considered dystopias.
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von Nevil Shute
4,882 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.
12
von William Golding
49,565 Mitglieder
745 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 6
Bewertung 22
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:35 PM
- 22 Members
- BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, allyrod113, Charon07, midget84
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Allegorical dystopia. Castaway boys on an uninhabited island regress to savagery.
13
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 José Saramago
13,036 Mitglieder
390 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 41
Bewertung 8
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 02:05 PM
- 8 Members
- sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Apocalyptic allegory. Blindness epidemic, extreme regression of civilization.
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von Simon Jimenez
504 Mitglieder
31 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 309
Bewertung 1
Hinzugefügt 2023-01-02, 01:10 PM
- Member
- Charon07
16
von H. G. Wells
17,677 Mitglieder
338 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 12
Bewertung 17
Hinzugefügt 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
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Classic time travel novel. Far future dystopia in which humanity has de-evolved; also dying Earth. Required reading.
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von Geoff Ryman
864 Mitglieder
31 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 163
Bewertung 3
Hinzugefügt 2018-07-12, 02:17 PM
- 3 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Charon07
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Near-future technological dystopia; culture clash in Asian village.
18
von Stephen King
4,581 Mitglieder
99 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 8
Bewertung 21
Hinzugefügt 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
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: Biblical apocalypse, epidemic of human-engineered virus, showdown between good and evil.
19
von Mark Dunn
3,939 Mitglieder
259 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 63
Bewertung 6
Hinzugefügt 2014-03-06, 01:44 PM
- 6 Members
- SylviaC, sturlington, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Charon07
- Erklärungen
- sturlington: One by one, use of different letters of the alphabet is outlawed in a fictional island country.
