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1985Novel
Anthony Burgessstandalone novel1978
About class conflict, set in british isles.
“Protagonist Bev Jones in conflict with a Great Britain run by the trade unions.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Tense in tone, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.
“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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The SimulacraNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1964
About robots, set in our world and near future.
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future.
“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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includes The Hunger Games prequels, The Hunger Games
It Can't Happen HereNovel
Sinclair Lewisstandalone novel1935
Tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in early 20th century.
A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Set in near future and our world.
“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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