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I've come to discover that I really enjoy reading dystopian novels. Stories like The Handmaid's Tale, The Hunger Games, and 1984 are really the only one's I've read. Something about a corrupt government and the fight against it appeals to me. I think I'm mainly interested in how those governmental systems work and how society functions beneath them.
Does anyone else enjoy these novels? I'd like to get a list of good ones to check out.
Then there's the short story Harrison Bergeron. I'm surprised we haven't got to that point yet in our society. Then of course there's Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, which could probably be considered Dystopian fiction given the subject matter.
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and Ursula K. Leguin's short story: The One's Who Walk Away from Omelas
Another decent one that people seem to have missed is Feed, by M.T. Anderson. It's more about the horrors of advertising and corporations than it is about a government - really, the whole world's going to hell and few realize it - but I found it particularly striking. It is neither long nor wordy, told from the point of view of a teenage boy in a future society that's decaying, and it uses the dialect of the day quite aptly to get the point across. This is a good one.
I, too, like these novels.
My favorite is: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.
There's a sequel called the year of the flood, but it's not as good
Bob
oh yes! I enjoyed the handmaid's tail and Oryx and crake! you could also try farrenhite 4 point 1 by Ray Bradbury about a society where all books are banned
I've really only read Hunger Games, The. So, I am not quite sure if I like the government corruption aspect altogether. I did like it, however, in those specfic books.