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Re: Dystopian literature SilverWarder Send a noteboard - 08/09/2009 07:30:58 PM
1. What dystopian literature have you read?


Without thinking too much about it...

Anthem
The Handmaid's Tale
1984
Exiled from Earth
Worlds
The Forever War
The Space Merchants
Voyage from Yesteryear

There are probably more, but that should suffice as a sample.


2. Which was your favorite, and why?


Tough choice as I like quite a few of them. I think I'll go with The Forever War, even if it's a wee bit dated now. Voyage is a close second but it's almost more utopian than dystopian. Actually, techically, it's sort of a utopian collides with dystopian story, really, where the 'dystopian' is very much our own society!

3. Which was your least favorite, and why?


Anthem. Exceedingly pretentious and made no bones about it.

4. Which did you find most disturbing, and why?


1984. While it is dated, and really not terribly believeable on some levels, the fact that some people would actually try things on that level is creepy. I've even seen people trying to do the whole 'newspeak' thing and it makes me want to punch them out, to be honest.

5. Do you find it hard to read some dystopian literature because it is so disturbing?


Not really. Most dystopian novels go too over the top for me to get really bugged. The base assumptions fail to completely engage my suspension of disbelief, so I don't find them overly disturbing. 1984 came the closest and that may have had to do with when I read it. I've re-read other books that I read during that time of my life and laughed really hard at how much effect they had on me as an atavistic teen and how little effect they have on me as an adult.

Good questions as always April!

SW
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