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Today we’ll be presenting you with a set of books that talk about a variation of a future for humanity, for a country or for a single city.
There’s something pretty enchanting that draws you in when reading about oppressive government regimes
or a giant brain telepathically controlling an entire civilization, it lights up the fire in our souls and imaginations.
And having citizens rebel against the status quo offers faith for the future, even if the rebellion fails.
A dystopia is defined as a community or a society that is dehumanizing, unpleasant and damn near frightening.
For those of you who have never heard of dystopian novels or have yet to read one, Aluxers we got you covered.
Get ready because we are about to reveal to you the best of the best books on dystopian futures that are on the market out there.
Here we go.
Ok, how many of you thought of this one when you saw the title?!
1984 is one of the best known dystopian novels of all time, even though the year went by without Orwell’s vision coming true,
it did, however, gave us many terms which are now commonplace in our modern world.
The author’s terrifying vision of a totalitarian future, where everything and everyone is a slave to a tyrannical regime led by the party
is one which anxiously, we recognize more as truth than when it was published in 1949 or when it was supposed to be fact.
The world is seemingly more Orwellian by the day, with the NSA, the war on terror, the rise of fake news being take as fact
and it’s all the more terrifying than an alien invasion, a nuclear war or the impending climate crisis.
For those of you who haven’t, yet, read it go to amazon and purchase it, it’s only 7 dollars 91 cents
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This book spawns an unforgettable, vivid story about a nightmarish future, infested with violent gangs, extreme youthful violence,
and the painstaking work of the authorities to try and restore order.
This massively popular dark novel, that has for decades, tells the story of 15-year-old Alex and his gang of friends who rob, kill and rape their way through life,
until the State puts a break on his excesses of violence.
In a not so far off future the US accepts a charismatic leader that implements a system
where everyone has to get a tattoo with a barcode at the ripe age of 13 years old, which grants its bearers the rights of citizenship.
But, there are those who refuse to get one, and even though it’s their right to refuse the barcode, sooner or later they all disappear.
This apocalyptic dystopian fiction reveals the story of 13-year-old Logan who feels a heap of dread as the day to get his own tattoo approaches,
because his sister disappeared on the day she had to get her citizenship mark,
and before the pivotal day arrives Logan wants to learn the truth behind his sister's disappearance.
It’s a 4 series tale with a lot of twists, turns and jaw-dropping moments that will keep you glued to its pages for quite a while.
With all the problems the world is facing today, with climate change, overpopulation, pollution, mass extinction of animals, insects and plants
it’s hard not to be a little skeptical about the future.
However, Brunner takes everything to the next level and creates a dystopian future that could possibly be an option if nothing is done.
The sheep look up presents a future where environmental destruction has run rampant.
Birth defects, diseases, and air pollution are so pervasive that people have to wear gas masks to even breathe and are forced to drink noxious, unsafe water.
Overpopulation and lack of access to education has led to corrupt governments across the world, while violent eco-terrorists wreak havoc across the globe.
Considering that this book was written in 1972, it’s actually a little scary of how accurately it describes the potential future that awaits us.
This author creates a dystopian society that, unlike most books in this genre, strives to be an ideal, something close to a utopia,
but goes to extreme lengths to maintain its control over the people, which contrary to their intentions it becomes a dystopia.
But, their little society is threatened with eternal darkness and it’s up to 2 kids to save everyone and restore balance,
which turns the whole plot in a frantic search for a solution.
It’s a pretty captivating story and a fair warning to you; you should have all the 3 books on your shelf when you start reading
because the cliffhangers will wreck your nerves.
Anyone ready for a story set in an extremist theocratic law ruled society?! Yes?! Great!
Because Margaret Atwood has done a terrific job of giving us a worldly dystopian vision of the future that is based on gender discrimination.
In a post-nuclear world plagued by infertility, women are forbidden from reading, and the few capable of having children
are subjugated and forced into servitude for the wider needs of the society by becoming an incubator.
Fast forward to 2025 and Los Angeles descends into a state of violent anarchy.
The story follows Lauren Olamina who has lived in a nice, quiet neighborhood
but her world has been thrown into chaos because of her ability to feel everyone’s pain intensely.
Now, she has to make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters, her community so blatantly ignores.
Parable of the Sower is uncomfortably familiar in many ways to our present,
and reading it can shed light on how empathy can save and doom us in today’s world.
In his tale, Saramago talks about a mysterious white plague that sweeps through a city leaving everyone to go blind except for one woman,
who has been affected by blindness prior to this puzzling phenomenon,
and takes on the responsibility of guiding 7 strangers through the harrowing, nightmarish, barren streets of the city.
This is a fantastic parable of loss and disorientation that evokes man’s worst appetites and weaknesses has swept the public in an unforgettable way,
winning Saramago the Nobel prize for literature in 1998
Written about a century ago Zamyatin dystopian vision of human nature under the rule of cold hard logic
resonates with today’s public even more than it did back then in the Soviet Union.
In “we’s” world people are no longer given names but ID’s, and are kept under constant surveillance.
Even with the attempt to strip people of their humanity, they are still able to feel love, fear, and have hope that their society
- which is teetering on the edge of dystopia - might pull itself back to safety somehow.
This is a novel that has heavily influenced 1984 and others like it,
which is we strongly recommend you read it if you want to learn more about the vision of the Russian author.
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Set in a version of 1990s England, the plot revolves around a state-run cloning program designed to continue the lives of citizens through organ donation.
Kazuo Ishiguro masterfully weaves together a dystopian premise into this literary meditation on mortality
that withholds the fates of his characters until you are deeply invested in them,
raising questions about friendship and what makes us who we are, along the way.
If this Japanese-British novelist caught your interest with his works of literary art you can find out more about his home and what makes is so incredible
by watching our video 15 Facts That Prove Japan is Not Like Any Other Country.
This author takes the reader into a post-apocalyptic, far off future which revolves around 6 nested stories.
Each story is cleverly told by the main character of the next,
creating a sense of continuity and escalating events as the action progresses, almost like a magic trick.
The most riveting part of this book is the systematic implication that the dystopian future has already been set in motion
by the events of the present and the past.
The ever-popular, Stephen King has created a fictional premise where most of humanity has been wiped out by a deadly plague
plunging the globe into pandemonium.
King’s masterful storytelling ability will keep you guess every step of the way throughout this compelling thriller
that shines a light on the never-ending battle between good and evil.
This modern dystopian classic is set in Thailand and describes a world where calamities are a regular occurence.
Similar to our world today, where climate change is affecting everything,
and mega-corporations control everything the windup girl is a very plausible variant for the future of our world,
along with biotechnology being an indispensable factor in the lives of the people.
The story is centered around Emiko, a beautiful girl bred to cater to the whims of the rich and those who control every aspect of people's lives.
Ok, book lovers prepare for an especially horrible dystopian novel.
Back when the nazis started taking over in the 1930s they were burning books, alot of them in order to subdue any ideology opposing them,
but in reality, they just wanted to subdue free-thinking so they can rule forever.
Fahrenheit 451 is pretty similar to the nazi story in terms that in the near future the ruling power burns all the books and forbids intellectual thinking.
Books are considered the root of all discord and unhappiness, therefore they are being burnt to a crisp.
However, when the man in charge of burning the books, guy Montag which is also a fireman and our main character,
starts to doubt these affirmations everything takes an unexpected turn.
Almost 3 decades after its first initial publication The Giver is still as relevant and provocative as ever.
In a society where pain, suffering, and discord have been “cured” by adopting “sameness,” color, music, individuality and privacy took the same path.
It’s a world that runs on conformity and contentment at the price of emotion.
But everything stands to change for the next receiver of memories of the world before “sameness,”
before this supposed utopia that has given up the very things that make us humans who we are.
While some of these are a plausible variants of the future we might face,
most are just for your entertainment and education so must be treated as such.
Now before we let you go Aluxers, tell us, we're curious:
let’s say the world is heading towards a dystopia;
Let us know in the comments because we’re really curious to see what your thoughts are on dystopias.
And, of course, for sticking with us until the end what could that mean my friends?! Of course, you get a bonus book.
Ahh, hunger games! Who doesn’t love to read a book about a dystopian world in which desperate people fight to the death for food and rewards,
in a barbaric and brutal tournament for the entertainment of a ruling class.
Hunger games is a disturbing dystopian vision of our world, which some would argue that already exists in one form or another.
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