More like Make Us Happy

anchored on:science fictiondystopiaartificial intelligencesurveillancefar futuresatire+4 more

but

Narrow

A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Challenging in tone, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Clockwork Orange →
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Tense in tone, about survival, set in north america.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
Stand on ZanzibarNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1968
Challenging in tone, about genetic engineering, set in our world and near future.
AmercaSeries
series2 books1978
completed
Science fiction and dystopia, dark in tone, about artificial intelligence and surveillance, set in far future and big city.
“Society is run by computers, with not a gesture or activity unnoticed by their all-seeing detectors.”
from the catalogue
Start with Make Us Happy →
The Penultimate TruthNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1964
Set in underground & caves.
“The people are told that World War III is being fought above them, when in reality the war ended years ago.”
from the catalogue
This Perfect DayNovel
Ira Levinstandalone novel1970
Tense in tone, about identity, set in our world.
“Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”
from the catalogue