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Poll Question: Which is your favorite dystopian novel out of these?
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On the subject of dystopias, everyone should watch the music video for Quiet Riot's "The Wild and the Young."
It depicts a world where the P.M.R.C. has gone on steroids.
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Originally posted by Tarquin Underspoon Tarquin Underspoon wrote:

The thing about Fahrenheit 451 is that it suffers from what I like to call the "sci-fi syndrome".....a great story, well written, something to say, gripping....and then you get to the last chapter of the book and it makes a 90 degree turn in a completely new (and often terrible) directon. Anybody read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card? Worst ending to a good book.
 
My vote here goes to 1984, because its ending is not only relevant, but really pretty cool...


I hated the endings to both of those books.
Ender's Game jumped around way too much (and was devoid any of the action expected in a story involving humans vs. aliens) and the ending to Fahrenheit 451 was terrible.
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The thing about Fahrenheit 451 is that it suffers from what I like to call the "sci-fi syndrome".....a great story, well written, something to say, gripping....and then you get to the last chapter of the book and it makes a 90 degree turn in a completely new (and often terrible) directon. Anybody read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card? Worst ending to a good book.
 
My vote here goes to 1984, because its ending is not only relevant, but really pretty cool...
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Would A Tale of Two Cities be classified as a dystopia?
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Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

I've only read the first three.
 
Recently finished another dystopian novel, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
 
 

I read that one too. German director Volker Schlöndorff made it into a movie, by the way


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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

I've only read the first three.
 
Recently finished another dystopian novel, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
 
 


Read most of the ones listed, and don't like any of them.  My vote would go for the one this gentleman mentioned.  Atwood is wonderful (I actually read Oryx and Crake on a week-long CRUISE).


I've heard many good things about that book.
I hear its very bizarre and kinda creepy.
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I definitely recommend "Peace On Earth". although it is a dystopian novel it is also extremely funny


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Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

I've only read the first three.
 
Recently finished another dystopian novel, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
 
 


Read most of the ones listed, and don't like any of them.  My vote would go for the one this gentleman mentioned.  Atwood is wonderful (I actually read Oryx and Crake on a week-long CRUISE).
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1984 is an amazing story with many real world parallels.
Fahrenheit 451 is a great concept but lacks in plot development IMO (I hated the ending)
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I've only read the first three.
 
Recently finished another dystopian novel, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
 
 
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I hope you read them all.


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