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Space MerchantsSeries
series2 books1953
completed
Dystopia, set in venus & inner planets.
“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
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The Execution ChannelNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2007
Dystopia, about surveillance.
“Al Gore is elected American president and the War on Terror takes on new dimensions.”
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The Zap GunNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1967
Satire, set in our world.
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia, 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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The World Jones MadeNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1956
Dystopia and post-apocalyptic, about psychic powers.
“The mutant Floyd Jones, who can see into the future, plans to overthrow the system and colonise space.”
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The Water KnifeNovel
Paolo Bacigalupistandalone novel2015
Dystopia, about ecological collapse and survival, set in desert.