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Tag Archives: dystopia
The Every
The Every© 2021 Dave Eggers608 pages Nearly ten years ago, Dave Eggers published The Circle, about the rise of an uber-corporation whose products had transformed not only the digital world, but were beginning to shape society as well. Think … Continue reading
Optimal
Optimal© 2020 J.M. Berger355 pages Jack has known nothing but the System his entire life. He rises when it tells him to, he dresses in the outfit its algorithms choose for him, he follows prompts to a selected diner and … Continue reading
The Warehouse
Paxton used to be a man with a promising idea, one that was flourishing in the market — but then The Cloud said “Lower your prices”. The Cloud wasn’t the voice of God, floating in the heavens — but it … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged dystopia, Man vs Machine, science fiction, tyranny inc
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The Disappeared
The Disappeared© 2019 Amy Lord368 pages Clara Winter was only a child when her father disappeared. A poet and English teacher, he made the mistake of criticizing Britain’s new order, the martial rule imposed on it after a terrorist attack … Continue reading
Obey little, bake much: The Choice
The Choice© 2019 Claire Ward400 pages “Let them eat cake,” Marie Antoinette supposedly said of the people too poor to buy bread, and the words inspired revolution. The Choice throws that on its head, and makes it rallying cry — … Continue reading
The Circle
The Circle 2013 Dave Eggers 507 pages Sharing is Caring. Privacy is Theft. Secrets are Lies. Imagine an internet transformed by a company so innovative and ambitious that it had swallowed Facebook, Google, etc. whole. It began with TruYou, a … Continue reading
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451© 1953 Ray Bradbury158 pages Like 1984, I suspect Fahrenheit 451 is famous enough that its basic details have seeped into the cultural consciousness of people who have never read it. Here we have a fireman whose job is … Continue reading
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta© 1988 Alan Moore and David Lloyd300 pages Remember, remember the Fifth of November. The Britain of 1998 is a nation that has lost its spirit,. After nuclear war and crop failures, widespread disorder was quelled only by … Continue reading
Lord of the World
Lord of the World© 1908 Robert Hugh Benson352 pages At the turn of the 21st century, war between the states of Europe and the East threatens; at the midnight hour, however, comes an obscure American politician, a senator of no … Continue reading
Allegiant
Allegiant© 2013 Veronica Roth544 pages “Sure as I know anything I know this, they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, ten, they’ll swing back to the belief that … Continue reading
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Tagged children's literature, Children-YA, dystopia, science fiction, thriller
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