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What are some good dystopian novels? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by minorsecond@lemm.ee to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I'm nearly finished rereading 1984 and my appetite for dystopian books is whetted. What are some other great ones I should check out?

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[–] FoundTheVegan@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is almost the opposite of a dystopia, but I think still fits.

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin - A character from a utopia returns to dystopian earth. It's primarily the main character wandering around realizing how terrible things could get on our current trajectory. It's great!

[–] breckenedge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Anarres is a utopia? Don’t tell Shevek that.

[–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

But at the end he sees behind the curtain of the “utopia” he grew up in and realizes the truth about it. Hence the title of the book.