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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7406) • Sparta, Tennessee 28 May 20

I finished the prequel of the Hunger Games last night. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was definitely an interesting read. It takes you all the way back to the 10th Hunger Games. It was way before the 74th and the beginning...

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Tyranny

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 4 Sep 19

I watched a show earlier where people were given an intelligence test by the government. If the government thought they were too intelligent, they were executed. It was a pretty warped show, I couldn't imagine living in such a...

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I am five chapters into a Dystopian...

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 22 Jan 18

I am five chapters into a dystopian and I am just not sure what to think of it yet. Do you read Dystopian Novels? A Dystopian, atleast in my own definition, is an alternate existence where fantasy meets reality and generally...

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Review: Science Fiction:“The Clean and Wholesome Land” by Ralph Sholto

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 16 May 17

During a lecture by Professor Cargill, Director of Education in the New State, Neal Pardeau, Director of Public Safety, prowls the dark auditorium, looking for them. This is where they plot and scheme—in the dark places in...

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Diary Sunday 25th September 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 26 Sep 16

The Preston centred Lancashire Encounters Festival entered its final day with dreadful rain thinning the crowds but by no means dampening the festive spirit of the city. My first visit was to The Harris Centre art gallery where...

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Review: _Seveneves:_ A splendid, riveting science fiction tale.

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 26 Jun 16

One of my favourite science fiction authors is Neal Stephenson, and I've been hooked on him since I read his book, _Snow Crash._ I've been keeping an eye out for anything new by him, and while it might take a little while to get...

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Short Science Fiction Story Review – Sarah Jasmon – The Uncertainty Principle

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 3 Apr 16

Spoiler alerts – 2015 Manchester Speculative Fiction Press The opening story in a collection of quite dystopian visions of Manchester, my home city begins with this grim but ultimately hopeful look at over-population. I was...

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Review: _The Marching Morons_ by C.M. Kornbluth -- prophetic science fiction

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 5 Mar 16

Back in the early 1980's, there was a magazine called Omni that was dedicated to science fiction. One of the stories that were published in it was this one, and it has stayed strong in my memory nearly thirty years on. Indeed,...

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Review: _The Handmaid's Tale:_ May day! May day!

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 11 Feb 16

I read this one a long time ago, when it was first released in the early 1980's. It was the cover of the book that caught my eye, the woman looking like someone out of a Brueghel painting, her face and body obscured by red and...

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Review: _The Last Policeman:_ First in a trilogy about the end of the world. Really.

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 9 Feb 16

One of the books that I had been looking forward to reading this year was Ben H. Winters' The Last Policeman. While I don't care much for very many dystopias, I had heard that this was one worth looking out for. And when I spotted...

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Book's Background and Influence

ivan88 @ivan88 (193) • Canada 29 Dec 12

Huxley wrote his novel back in Italy. It was a dictatorial regime back then with Mussolini's rule. of course, as Huxley claimed, he got his first influence from H. G. Wells. However, considering the atmosphere he lived in and the...

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I feel like I am running out of quality movies to watch!

Shoetomato @Shoetomato (6) • United States 20 Apr 09

Do you ever start feeling this way? My favorite type of movies are the Sci-Fi Dystopia types, and I feel like I have seen all of the good ones! Tell me about your favorite movies and maybe I can find some through you guys that I...

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The handmaid's Tale - what do you think?

bojangles88 @bojangles88 (649) 16 Apr 08

Handmaid's tale is of course a classic. Margaret Atwood, in my opinion, wrote in a way that was ahead of her time. handmaid's tale, at least for me, is a quick read and it both depressed and interested me. Have you read it? What...

margaret atwood

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