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Holdfast ChroniclesSeries
series4 books1974
completed
Science fiction and dystopia, dark in tone, about gender and society and slavery, set in far future.
“Set in a devastated future where gender relations have been violently reorganized, the series is a touchstone of feminist SF recognized with the James Tiptree Jr. Award and induction into the Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame.”
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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.”
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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
The Gate to Women's CountryNovel
Sheri S. Tepperstandalone novel1988
Post-apocalyptic, about war, set in north america.
When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
About political intrigue and totalitarianism, set in our world and british isles.
“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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This Perfect DayNovel
Ira Levinstandalone novel1970
Tense in tone, about totalitarianism and identity, set in our world.
“Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Tense in tone, about totalitarianism, set in north america and 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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