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  • Cover of The Children of Men
    The Children of MenNovel

    P. D. James · standalone novel · 1992

    Post-apocalyptic, about political intrigue and rebellion and revolution, set in british isles.

    “Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere.”

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  • Cover of Colossus (D. F. Jones)
    Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series

    series · 3 books · 1966

    completed

    Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in our world and near future.

    “Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”

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  • Cover of The Future
    The FutureNovel

    Naomi Alderman · standalone novel · 2023

    About ecological collapse.

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  • Cover of Make Room! Make Room!
    Make Room! Make Room!Novel

    Harry Harrison · standalone novel · 1966

    About survival and class conflict, set in north america.

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  • Cover of A Clockwork Orange
    A Clockwork OrangeSeries

    series · 4 books · 1962

    completed

    Challenging in tone, about surveillance, set in big city.

    “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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  • Cover of The Handmaid's Tale
    The Handmaid's TaleSeries

    series · 3 books · 1985

    About gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

    “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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