Title: V for Vendetta Author: Alan Moore Genre: Dystopia, Science Fiction Pages: 288 pages Synopsis: In the near future, England has become a corrupt, totalitarian state, opposed only by V, the mystery man wearing a white porcelain mask who intends to free the masses through absurd acts of terrorism. (from Goodreads) My Thoughts: V forContinue reading “V for Vendetta”
Category Archives: Dystopian
Parable of the Sower
Title: Parable of the Sower Author: Octavia E. Butler Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia Pages: 329 Pages Synopsis: When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day.Continue reading “Parable of the Sower”
The Handmaid’s Tale
Title: The Handmaid’s Tale Author: Margaret Atwood Genre: Dystopian Fiction Pages: 311 pages Synopsis: The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called theContinue reading “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Fahrenheit 451
Title: Fahrenheit 451 Author: Ray Bradbury Pages: 158 Genre: Dystopian Fiction Synopsis: “Fahrenheit 451- The temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns.” Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions theContinue reading “Fahrenheit 451”
Brave New World
Title: Brave New World Author: Aldous Huxley Genre: Dystopian Science Fiction Pages: 229 Synopsis: Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs, all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone in feeling discontent. Harbouring an unnatural desireContinue reading “Brave New World”
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