Content tagged with "dystopian"
Brilliant book about a dystopian future brought about by the “perfection” of politics and The State. The last act is particularly terrifying, both in raw descriptions of torture, and in the systematic breaking down of the human mind. Curious, I couldn’t figure out if this would be a favorite of…
Wonderful book about the advancement of science to the point where the human race is absorbed and amused by non-stop pleasure and triviality. Into this comes an outsider, and the examination of how he fits in is both beautiful and heartbreaking. The book is a rallying cry to those who believe in…
I enjoy Suarez – I’ve been reading him since “Daemon,” which was so good. He has a great ability to envision how technologies we deal with today would be manifested in extremes down the road. The visions of the future that he puts together are scarily realistic. You’re reading it and thinking,…
Daniel Saurez writes about the future…but not too far into the future. His books are all about the world in 10-15 years, which is “the future,” technically, but not so far out to be unrelatable. Saurez writes about a future state that feels very real, and he designs it in such a way that you think,…
I read this on a friend’s recommendation. I’m trying to read more fiction. I enjoyed it. It’s a young adult novel, so you get the familiar tropes: adolescent facing a major choice, problems with authority, dark forces swirling in the background, a hopeless romance, etc. But it’s put together well,…
This is “philosophical science fiction.” It describes a modified reality which raises all sorts of interesting questions. The setting is a post-apocalyptic Earth where most living things have died. The government wants humanity to emigrate to Mars. Life-like androids have been developed, and if you…
I wasn’t a huge fan of Bradbury’s writing, but the story is quite good. The message of the book is similar to “Brave New World” – in the future, humans are so artificially satisfied that thinking deeply about anything is discouraged, even considered sinister. Thus, books are outlawed, lest they…
