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Your left brain is blank? rebelaessedai Send a noteboard - 07/09/2009 03:25:44 AM
Very nice list of books you've got there.

1984 by George Orwell, recently reread it and enjoyed it just as much as when I first read it years ago.

Another big Orwell fan, I see.


Not sure - I've enjoyed all of them but if I have to pick one, Oryx and Crake just didn't work quite as well for me as the others

I think I've vaguely heard of this- was unaware it was considered dystopian. Shall have to look it up.


1984, because so much of the doublethink can be seen in society today... and yet people regularly quote 1984 in reference to Big Brother and ignore the more obvious example of something from the book coming to pass.

*nods* I totally understand that. I recently found out my mother hasn't read it- though she understands the references to Big Brother and such. I'd like her to read it, but I think it might be too much for her. She likes depth, but Orwell might be a bit too depressing. ;)


I liked it - it clearly influenced Brave New World (Huxley denied it though, the liar:P) and 1984 (Orwell was happy to claim it as his inspiration) and perhaps not quite as good as either but then they were built on what had gone before.

Yeah. I think I actually preferred We to 1984. The writing, maybe the translation brings it out or something, was amazing. A lot of apt metaphors.
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Dystopian literature rebelaessedai - 05/09/2009 09:12:16 PM 1367 Views
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More than I thought. Chas - 05/09/2009 10:55:25 PM 1070 Views
Again, The Road. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 04:30:09 AM 1112 Views
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Amen to that last. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 04:40:26 AM 1114 Views
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I love the description, mentally impaired chimp! *NM* rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:16:22 AM 518 Views
Re: Dystopian literature Dreaded Anomaly - 05/09/2009 11:22:40 PM 1032 Views
Glad I'm helping people find new reads. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 04:42:28 AM 993 Views
good questions Krista - 06/09/2009 12:46:18 AM 1118 Views
Interesting. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 04:44:27 AM 1015 Views
Re: Dystopian literature Сталин - 06/09/2009 01:06:42 AM 1075 Views
Hmm. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 04:46:49 AM 1037 Views
I really like utopian/dystopian works. Vivien - 06/09/2009 01:49:04 AM 1136 Views
So, what did you think of We? rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 04:47:35 AM 1064 Views
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LOL! Anecdotes about chicken. Nice. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:03:32 PM 1043 Views
Good topic Missa Sedai - 06/09/2009 03:54:02 PM 1041 Views
Thanks. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:06:07 PM 1003 Views
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I like dystopian and post-apocalyptic stories Vodalus - 06/09/2009 07:50:08 PM 1216 Views
I prefer dystopian, myself. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:21:51 AM 1113 Views
The problem with post-apocalyptic stories is that there are so many which are utter crap. Vodalus - 07/09/2009 05:28:02 PM 1030 Views
Yes, yes. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 08:34:11 PM 974 Views
Oh dear. I went and mixed up I-330 and O-90. Vodalus - 08/09/2009 03:19:21 AM 1095 Views
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Re: Dystopian literature snoopcester - 06/09/2009 08:48:48 PM 1053 Views
Your left brain is blank? rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:25:44 AM 1014 Views
an edit of an edit that young Nebhead made to my sig. snoopcester - 07/09/2009 01:28:20 PM 1146 Views
Why just your left? *NM* rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 08:35:10 PM 511 Views
Might as well answer myself. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:37:28 AM 983 Views
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Hey! Good to see you on this board! rebelaessedai - 08/09/2009 08:03:04 PM 1197 Views
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Yeah, that occurred to me right after I hit submit. *NM* rebelaessedai - 09/09/2009 07:15:30 PM 558 Views
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I never thought of the Forever War as Dystopian but I guess it could be called that random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:43:27 PM 1072 Views
I'll join this party...rather late...but oh well Brian - 09/09/2009 07:59:26 PM 996 Views
Jesus man, jump on the wagon! rebelaessedai - 10/09/2009 03:54:26 AM 1018 Views
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