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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
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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A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
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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EarthseedSeries
series7 books1993
About survival.
“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
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The Sheep Look UpNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1972
About ecological collapse, set in big city.
Stand on ZanzibarNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1968
Challenging in tone, about genetic engineering and surveillance, set in big city.
Make Room! Make Room!Novel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1966
About survival and class conflict, set in big city.