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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Tense in tone, 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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Space MerchantsSeries
series2 books1953
completed
Set in venus & inner planets.
“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
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Start with The Space Merchants →
FeedNovel
M. T. Andersonstandalone novel2002
Cyberpunk, about coming of age.
Gladiator-at-LawNovel
C. M. Kornbluth & Frederik Pohlstandalone novel1955
Funny in tone, set in big city.
Make Room! Make Room!Novel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1966
About survival and ecological collapse, set in our world and big city.
Fahrenheit 451Series
series2 books1951
completed
About books and reading and totalitarianism.
“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
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Start with The Fireman →