Miss Take Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Looking for recommendations for fiction about dystopian futures, especially post apocalyptic ones. So far I've read The Book of Dave, Riddley Walker, On The Beach, 1984, Brave New World and looking for anything else in this vein. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow. A strange book but I found it very engaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Looking Backwards by Edward Bellamy Erewhon - Samuel Butler The Iron Heel - Jack London Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel. Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon And to my mind the peerless Dune by Frank Herbert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Looking for recommendations for fiction about dystopian futures, especially post apocalyptic ones. So far I've read The Book of Dave, Riddley Walker, On The Beach, 1984, Brave New World and looking for anything else in this vein. Cheers Neuromancer Cloud Atlas A Scanner Darkly & Do androids dream electric sheep I'd love to recommend clockwork orange, but never managed to finish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Flood by Stephen Baxter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazir Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 V for Vendetta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 'The Death of Grass' or 'A Wrinkle in the Skin' Both by John Christopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Margaret Attwood - the Handmaiden's Tail - not read it, but heard its highly recommended. And Oryx and Crake - my thoughs on it are here - condensed version - so, so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whimsy Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Hothouse - Brian Aldis - Far distant future - brilliant The Postman - David Brin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whimsy Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 And try News from Nowhere - William Morris Written in the 19th century - describes the perfect socialist utopia in the future.... Makes you feel good about the future - but it never happened. Shape of Things to Come - H.G. Wells War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter - the authorised sequel to H.G. Wells' The Time Machine Lucifer's Hammer By Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Futuretrack Five : Robert Westall , I read this as a kid it was essentially aimed at the teen/young adult age bracket though so not sure how it would read now. It was however well written and painted a pretty bleak picture of life in the future. Amazon Review Might have to dig it up again myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel. Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon And to my mind the peerless Dune by Frank Herbert. The Purple Cloud is available on Gutenburg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11229/11229.txt Also just remembered the Battle Circle trilogy by Piers Anthony. Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sos_the_Rope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Also just remembered the Battle Circle trilogy by Piers Anthony. Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sos_the_Rope I refuse to read anything by Piers Anthony - one because he was a horrible paedo and two because his stuff is crap. Just remembered another dystopian saga - the 'To The Stars' trilogy By Harry Harrison, comprising Homeworld and the two sequels, Wheelworld and Starworld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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