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A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Challenging in tone, about totalitarianism, set in big city.
“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
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Space MerchantsSeries
series2 books1953
completed
About class conflict, set in venus & inner planets.
“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
About totalitarianism and gender and society.
“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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Make Room! Make Room!Novel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1966
About survival and class conflict, set in big city.
Shadrach in the FurnaceNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1976
About totalitarianism.
The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic, about totalitarianism, set in big city.