Dystopia genre books (169)
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Animal Farm by George Orwell EN
IndiaDescription:
A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government.
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RussiaDescription:
The year 2005 marks Ayn Rand's Centennial Year. Ayn Rand's classic tale of a future dark age of the greatWe'a world that deprives individuals of name, independence, and values'anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
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SwedenDescription:
This haunting dystopian thriller graphic novel explores themes of mental health, queer identity, and the dangers of unchecked fascism.
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Battle Royale by Koushun Takami PT
JapanDescription:
Em 1997, o jornalista e escritor japonês Koushun Takami sofreu uma grande decepção. O manuscrito de seu romance de estreia havia chegado à final do Japan Grand Prix Horror Novel, concurso literário voltado para a ficção de terror, mas acabou preterido. Não era para menos. Embora habituado a tramas assustadoras, o júri se alarmou com a história do jogo macabro entre adolescentes de uma mesma turma escolar que, confinados numa ilha, têm de matar uns aos outros até que reste apenas um sobrevivente. Detalhe: o organizador da sangrenta disputa é o próprio Estado japonês, imaginado pelo autor como u... continue
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Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky EN
EnglandDescription:
Honey the genetically engineered bear takes a ride in Jimmy the Martian's head and starts a revolution on the Red Planet.
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Bee Speaker by Adrian Tchaikovsky EN
Description:
From the Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, comes the third instalment of the DOGS OF WAR science fiction series, a future where genetically engineered “Bioforms” have inherited not the Earth, but the Solar System. The end of the world has been and gone. There was no one great natural disaster, no all-consuming world war, no catastrophic pandemic. Rather scores of storms, droughts and floods; dozens of vicious, selfish regional conflicts that only destroyed what could no longer be rebuilt. No single finishing stroke for Earth's great global human society, but you can still blee... continue
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PortugalDescription:
No food, no water, no government, no obligation, no order. Discover a chillingly powerful and prescient dystopian vision from one of Europe's greatest writers. A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An ophthalmologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is affected before he can read the textbooks. It becomes a contagion, spreading throughout the city. Trying to stem the epidemic, the authorities herd the afflicted into a mental asylum where the wards are terrorised by blind thugs. And when fire destroys the asylum, the inmates burst forth and the last links with... continue
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Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh EN
WalesDescription:
"A mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: In a world where women can't have it all, but are selected as either mothers or workers at the beginning of their adult lives, is choice the biggest burden of all?"--
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley EN
Description:
The graphic novel adaptation of the classic dystopian masterpiece. From Fred Fordham, graphic novelist behind the sensational TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD graphic novel. Originally published in 1932, Brave New World is one of the most revered and profound works of twentieth century literature. Touching on themes of control, humanity, technology, and influence, Aldous Huxley's enduring classic is a reflection and a warning of the age in which it was written, yet remains frighteningly relevant today. With its surreal imagery and otherworldly backdrop, Brave New World adapts beautifully to the graphic n... continue
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Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson EN
Country: North America / 
Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
In this "impressive debut" from award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, a young woman must solve the tragic mystery surrounding her family and bargain with the gods to save her city and herself. (The Washington Post) The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways -- farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eternal powers, and... continue