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more dystopia please

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theredjellybean · 02/03/2019 15:10

help..i think i have run out of dystopian futures..

i have read all Margaret Atwood
the power, vox, the wall, the ship, farneheight 451, a book by ben elton about illegal books ( can't recall the name) , only ever yours, and the well, another one about a plague/virus in uk ( cant recall its name follows two mums and group of kids who were camping at the time escape to norway) , all three of the passage trilogy...

some more suggestions please....

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ScarlettDarling · 12/03/2019 20:02

Not dystopian, more post apocalyptic, but I loved 'The end of the world running club.'

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theredjellybean · 13/03/2019 21:49

Oh yes the end of the world running club is fab book

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GahWhatever · 14/03/2019 13:08

The Death of Grass by Samuel Youd (we read this for O level once upon a time)
Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (and although not all dystopian you may like some of his other books as the tone is similar)

mizu · 15/03/2019 18:45

Loved the Wool trilogy and have The Unit and Gather the Daughters by my bed ready to read - love a good dystopian read.

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theredjellybean · 17/03/2019 19:53

Just reading red clocks.. A bit tricky

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QuilliamCakespeare · 18/03/2019 06:23

I'm now on the third book of the Infection series by Scott Sigler and they've all been just as good as the first. Definitely recommended.

BikeTart · 18/03/2019 18:35

I just finished Gather the Daughters. It was grim, not unlike The Road and so many unanswered questions.

Bumply · 18/03/2019 23:35

The gate to women's country - Sheri S Tepper - some interesting feminist themes
Fallen Angel by Larry Niven - encroaching ice age rather than post apocalypse, but I do like it.
Amtrak Wars
The Folk of the Fringe - orson scott card

And one to avoid "Farnham's Freehold" (which I read as a teen more years ago than I care to remember) although this scathing review is worth a read.

medium.com/war-is-boring/how-not-to-write-about-atomic-war-e1632a6a19e8

QuilliamCakespeare · 19/03/2019 12:08

Thanks @Bumply. I think I enjoyed the review a lot more than I'd enjoy the book!

mrsawhite · 19/03/2019 12:28

Ooh my favourite books!

End of the world running club is fantastic. And the last dog on earth. Also station 11!

millythepink · 19/03/2019 20:07

Farnham's Freehold was painful. Remember how Hugh Farnham's daughter admits she's always fancied her Dad and is happy to shag him in order to help repopulate the Earth. Urgh.

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theredjellybean · 20/03/2019 06:53

@biketart... Gather all the daughters.. Gulp.. Grim as grim
Took me a while to understand the implications of what was happening. I wondered early on whether there had been any apocalypse and whether the first families just wanted somewhere secret away from society to practice their ideas (trying not to give anything away) and if you disagreed as the family with the anorexic daughter did why did he not leave? And the ending.. Mmm... Cus of the books or his daughter growing up?
Excellent book if grim

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harper30 · 20/03/2019 12:33

Has anyone else watched any of The Passage TV programme on a Fox? I started it last night and not sure what to think, they've changed quite a lot of the plot/characters so that annoyed me, and it's definitely not as dark as reading Cronin but I did end up watching three episodes last night so can't be that bad?

QuilliamCakespeare · 20/03/2019 21:16

@harper30 I've only watched one episode so far. I wasn't too impressed so haven't gone back to it though I feel I owe it to the book to give it another go. I went to one if Justin's book tour evenings and he was really excited and proud of it so I do so want to like it!

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 20/03/2019 21:31

Also agree Station 11 ... beautifully written and very sad. Stayed with me for ages.

Another vote for Death of Grass.

One called The Wall was ok but can't remember the author.

Michael Robertson did a series for amazon ebooks called Alpha Plague which was quite good. He also did a series called Crash, a bit like The Road but pretty soon the sexual violence and other barbarism got too much so I didn't finish those

I loved Only Ever Yours but shit it was bleak.

Although they're aimed at terms Charlie Higsons The Enemy series is good fun.

Harper I've also re-read WWZ many times, it feels so real! Excellent book. I always remember the entry from the guy on the space station, so sad. Calm yes, it would make an excellent mini series!

Random but if any of you are library members and know your PIN you can get an app for IOS called BorrowBox which as name suggests lets you loan e and audio books, I've seen some from this thread on there.

This thread has become my new reading list. Just started Day of The Triffids but the print is tiny

JAPAB · 21/03/2019 23:33

Another vote for The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. One of my favourite SF novels. The audiobook is well narrated by Robert Powell too.

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theredjellybean · 22/03/2019 13:16

I read the wall... OK... Lightweight dystopia.. A new genre???
Just finished red clocks which I am in two minds over...
And just got wool from bookshop so going to start it today.

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tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 22/03/2019 13:29

I'd agree OP. It was lightweight. I've got Red Clocks reserved on BorrowBox so ill see how that goes.

Interesting the comment about The Power having a dip in the middle. I read that recently and having enjoyed how it started lost interest half way through so gave up to read WWZ again. It seems I should maybe have persevered!

Bloody love dystopian fiction I find myself planning and prepping for the crap hitting the fan, in my head!

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 22/03/2019 13:30

Forgot to say enjoy your new reads

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theredjellybean · 22/03/2019 14:08

I didn't enjoy the really graphic violence in the power

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BikeTart · 30/03/2019 09:36

I downloaded and started The Last Dog on Earth yesterday and so far I'm enjoying it.

Has anyone read The Mandibles? Would you say it fits a dystopian genre of novel? Did you like it?

mrsawhite · 30/03/2019 10:08

Love the last dog on earth!! I want to read Vox at some point. I have taken the road out of the library.

JAPAB · 31/03/2019 18:58

Not read them but on my list

Blindness By: Jose Saramago
Nick Cutter - The Deep

as they were recommended on other sites. The first is about an epidemic of blindness, the second about an epidemic of forgetfulness.

Saw the latter on a site listing books that Stephen King has recommended. Speaking of SK, think my favourite of his modern novels is Cell. More apocalypptic than dystopian, but one of the best opening chapters in a horror book. The portrayal of an ordinary city street becoming a warzone was brilliant.

MsAmerica · 12/04/2019 02:44

Haven't read them, but I just saw reviews of two books that sounded potentially interesting:

Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
The Power, by Naomi Alderman

QuilliamCakespeare · 17/04/2019 18:26

I've just finished The Girl With All The Gifts thanks to the recommendations on here - loved it. I've bought the next one by the same author - The Boy On The Bridge. Anyone read it?

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