Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature

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This is my preset list of dystopian/utopian literature, which includes apocalyptic literature, for the purposes of this list. Feel free to vote up your recommendations and thumbs down books that are not worth reading. Keywords: dystopia, utopia, apocalypse, postapocalyptic
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1
1984
de George Orwell
81,802 membres
1,267 ressenyes
4.2
Classificació global 2
30 Members
ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, nicoleop, SENSpence, pan0ramix, JoyKP, dianeham, zfak102, EvolvedMan, Vit.Z, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612, midget84
Explicacions
sturlington: Classic political dystopia. Mass surveillance, propaganda, historical deletion, mind control, and extreme totalitarianism. Required reading.
2
La revolta dels animals
de George Orwell
59,876 membres
880 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 5
27 Members
BookWallah, amz310783, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, greydoll, BLBera, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612
Explicacions
sturlington: Political/satirical allegory with animal characters. Propaganda and totalitarianism. Required reading.
3
Un món feliç
de Aldous Huxley
53,824 membres
770 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 3
30 Members
ShelfMonkey, amz310783, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, klcallahan13, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612, midget84
Explicacions
sturlington: Classic dystopia and counterpoint to 1984. Genetic engineering, mass consumerism, mind control, totalitarianism. Required reading.
4
La carretera
de Cormac McCarthy
34,352 membres
1,404 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 10
19 Members
KimarieBee, amz310783, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, megschristina, JoyKP, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, allyrod113
Explicacions
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic. A man and his son wander through a desolated landscape of ashes, eking out their survival from the little that's left remaining, while trying to get... well, nowhere in particular, really.
5
Blade runner
de Philip K. Dick
19,233 membres
473 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 11
18 Members
hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, JoyKP, dianeham, zfak102, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, flemertown, izzy45
Explicacions
sturlington: Philosophical futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation, androids, existentialism.
6
The Giver
de Lois Lowry
39,975 membres
1,583 ressenyes
4.2
Classificació global 9
21 Members
ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, BookWallah, amz310783, sturlington, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, Verkruissen, megschristina, nicoleop, JoyKP, EvolvedMan, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, midget84,Lucy_Skywalker
Explicacions
sturlington: Classic example of a children's dystopia, one of the few on this list.
7
A Canticle for Leibowitz
de Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,725 membres
306 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 14
17 Members
ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, megschristina, pan0ramix, dianeham, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07,Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic theological novel. Six hundred years after the Simplification -- total nuclear annihilation -- a cloister of monks in Utah preserve the little that remains of the world's knowledge, and wonder whether mankind is perpetually doomed to destroy itself.
Her_Royal_Orangeness : I've tried to read this several times and just can't get past the monk wandering around in the desert digging holes. *yawn*
8
The Stand
de Stephen King
4,577 membres
99 ressenyes
4.2
Classificació global 8
21 Members
ShelfMonkey, sturlington, jasmaynard, alex68, rretzler, Her_Royal_Orangeness, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, NateK, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, BlueHeaven1969, SENSpence, JoyKP, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise, flemertown, Charon07, midget84
Explicacions
sturlington: Biblical apocalypse, epidemic of human-engineered virus, showdown between good and evil.
9
Ender's Game
de Orson Scott Card
41,069 membres
1,045 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Classificació global 20
15 Members
BookWallah, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, Fiamme, rretzler, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Verkruissen, nicoleop, SENSpence, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, awarren1,Her_Royal_Orangeness ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
sturlington: Futuristic military SF with dystopian themes. Child soldiers versus aliens. First in a series.
Her_Royal_Orangeness : Homophobic and misogynistic.
10
On the Beach
de Nevil Shute
4,880 membres
177 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 24
13 Members
SylviaC, sturlington, cataloga, Fiamme, greydoll, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, ahef1963, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, Charon07
Explicacions
sturlington: Classic "pre-apocalyptic" novel. Nuclear devastation.
11
Neuromàntic
de William Gibson
23,031 membres
378 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 30
11 Members
hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
Explicacions
sturlington: Classic cyberpunk. Required reading.
12
The Dispossessed
de Ursula K. Le Guin
10,688 membres
265 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 19
15 Members
ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,skid0612
Explicacions
sturlington: False utopia/anarchism.
skid0612 : Wonderful book, not a dystopia
13
Les cròniques marcianes
de Ray Bradbury
16,617 membres
322 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 25
12 Members
ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, SylviaC, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
Explicacions
sturlington: Human colonization of Mars, during which there is a nuclear war on Earth.
14
The Man in the High Castle
de Philip K. Dick
13,806 membres
357 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Classificació global 22
13 Members
ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise
Explicacions
sturlington: WWII alternate history dystopia. Fascist US.
15
La fi de la infantesa
de Arthur C. Clarke
10,185 membres
228 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 35
11 Members
ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
Explicacions
aulsmith : Clarke didn't mean this to be dystopian, just a sad evolutionary farewell.
sturlington: False utopia. Alien invasion, transhumanism.
16
The Mote in God's Eye
de Larry Niven
6,331 membres
108 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 74
5 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, gypsysmom, AlWheeler, EvolvedMan
Explicacions
sturlington: Alien civilization that experiences cyclical apocalypses.
17
Alas, Babylon
de Pat Frank
4,931 membres
143 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 62
6 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, allyrod113
Explicacions
sturlington: Classic post-nuclear war apocalyptic fiction. The residents of a small Florida town, having been alerted just prior to an all-out nuclear war, must struggle with the vagaries of small-town politics after the apocalypse.
18
The Forever War
de Joe Haldeman
9,395 membres
250 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 71
5 Members
ShellyS, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
Explicacions
sturlington: Futuristic dystopia; perpetual war.
19
Mona Lisa Overdrive
de William Gibson
7,286 membres
55 ressenyes
3.8
Classificació global 73
5 Members
ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, sturlington, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
Explicacions
sturlington: Sequel to Count Zero.
20
Nosaltres
de Yevgeny Zamyatin
8,446 membres
214 ressenyes
3.8
Classificació global 26
13 Members
ShellyS, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, izzy45, skid0612,Verkruissen
Explicacions
sturlington: Classic precursor to 1984. Required reading for serious fans of dystopian lit.
21
Lucifer's Hammer
de Larry Niven
4,310 membres
70 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 79
5 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
Explicacions
sturlington: A comet has slammed into the Earth, destroying all governing structures, and within weeks all of the survivors have reverted to feudalism, cannibalism and worse. Fun times.
22
Swan Song
de Robert R. McCammon
3,386 membres
120 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 131
3 Members
ShelfMonkey, sturlington, EvolvedMan
Explicacions
sturlington: Nuclear war post-apocalypse. Supernatural showdown between good and evil.
23
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
de Kate Wilhelm
1,786 membres
66 ressenyes
3.8
Classificació global 57
7 Members
ShellyS, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, dianeham, EvolvedMan, pieperp
Explicacions
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic novel. Cloning, loss of individuality.
24
Fahrenheit 451
de Ray Bradbury
53,794 membres
994 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 1
37 Members
hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, BookWallah, amz310783, ShellyS, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, BLBera, alex68, eclecticdodo, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, dianeham, EvolvedMan, avm1863, Vit.Z, AyannaKW, thehappyteacher, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, flemertown, Charon07, midget84
Explicacions
sturlington: Futuristic philosophical dystopia. Loss of freedom of speech, mass consumerism, totalitarianism and extreme censorship. Required reading.
25
L'Home femella
de Joanna Russ
2,182 membres
57 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Classificació global 65
6 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan, TheRealLouise, Charon07
Explicacions
sturlington: Feminist spec fiction set in 4 alternate universes, two of which could be considered dystopias.
26
Gateway
de Frederik Pohl
4,648 membres
100 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 97
4 Members
sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
Explicacions
sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Overcrowding, scarcity of natural resources.
27
A Gift Upon the Shore
de M. K. Wren
432 membres
17 ressenyes
3.8
Classificació global 86
5 Members
sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan, pieperp
Explicacions
sturlington: Post-nuclear war. Once the apocalypse is over with, two women survive on a farm on the Oregon coast while trying to preserve the remainder of mankind's knowledge and sparring with the ultra-Christian religious cult down the beach.
28
The Lathe of Heaven
de Ursula K. Le Guin
6,507 membres
195 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 94
6 Members
PDE, sturlington, rretzler, kara.shamy, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,Lucy_Skywalker ,skid0612
Explicacions
sturlington: Alternate realities include dystopian and apocalyptic possibilities.
Lucy_Skywalker : a great book, indeed, but it's not really a dystopia