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The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic, tense and dark in tone.
Fahrenheit 451Series
series2 books1951
completed
About books and reading.
“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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A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Dark and challenging in tone, set in 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.”
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The Jagged OrbitNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1969
Challenging and dark in tone, about race and racism.
Stand on ZanzibarNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1968
Challenging and dark in tone, about genetic engineering, set in our world.
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dark and tense in tone, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution.
“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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