Some of them have been great adaptations (The Hunger Games, The Scanner Darkly, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?(Blade Runner), A Handmaid's Tale, Children of Men, Battle Royale) and some of them have been horrific (The Postman, Brave New World, I, Robot).
I am really interested to see what they do with the ones on the list that will be made into movies like Blood Red Road (if they kill it I will cut a bitch) and Divergent. I am really torn because on one hand the books should translate really well into movies but on the other hand I know that I will get angry at the movies for leaving things out/changing the story line etc.
I am really looking forward to Ender's Game coming out though! There's been talk of a movie version for years and I have been waiting since 1989 for a film version!
I remember being really into this series about a bunch of teenagers who could instahack anything connected to the internet (and were therefore illegal/persecuted), but don't remember much else about it. I will think and try to remember if it was any good, haha.
Hi, here from booju newju - thanks so much for this list!
I don't know if you're taking recs/additions, but here are a few I read last year that fit the criteria for dystopia novels:
The Holy Machine, Chris Beckett: 'the city state of Illyria was founded as a refuge from the wave of fundamentalism that swept away the nations of the 21st century'; basically, a 'can machines have consciousness' plot.
Metropole, Ferenc Karinthy: 'on his way to a linguists' conference in Helsinki, Budai finds himself in a strange city where he can't understand a word anyone says'.
Shades of Grey, Jasper Fforde: a future society in which people are arranged by their perception of colour, and 'life is lived according to The Rulebook'.
Metro 2033, Dimitri Glukhovsky: 'the year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. A few thousand live on... in the Moscow Metro'.
I didn't like all of these equally, and they're extremely diverse in style and origin - but they all got pretty good reviews.
Ooh thanks! I will add them. I've read some of Fforde's stuff (mostly The Eyre Affair) but I will definitely look into Shades of Grey! I'll add the other ones as well. Cheers for that!
The Holy Machine looks pretty interesting as well. I just did a cognitive science class so this will fit in quite nicely.
Have you ever read any of the Emberverse books, or the Change series both by S. M. Stirling? Really good stuff. I'm reading the 3rd in the series right now. Also I found this post through booju, and this list is awesome. I will be consulting it.
I'm so frustrated with myself, I think I saw The Chrysalids at the thrift store last time I was there. I'm hoping it's still there, when I go on my lunch break tomorrow. Knowing my luck it won't be because I was last there a few weeks ago.
Did you read these all through the library or do you own them?
I buy a lot of ebooks. The library system where I currently live is absolute shit and books here are stupid expensive (if you can find a decent bookstore that actually stocks things other than Danielle Steele).
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What do you think of some of these that have been made into movies ?
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I am really interested to see what they do with the ones on the list that will be made into movies like Blood Red Road (if they kill it I will cut a bitch) and Divergent. I am really torn because on one hand the books should translate really well into movies but on the other hand I know that I will get angry at the movies for leaving things out/changing the story line etc.
I am really looking forward to Ender's Game coming out though! There's been talk of a movie version for years and I have been waiting since 1989 for a film version!
Which ones on the list have you read?
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1984
Fahrenheit 451
Jennifer Gov't
Do Androids Dream...
Scanner Darkly...
few others I can't remember if I did or not ...
(okay maybe a few instead of some .. either way not as many as you :) )
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SEE WHAT THE HAMMER DOES TO YOU? SEE! :D
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I remember being really into this series about a bunch of teenagers who could instahack anything connected to the internet (and were therefore illegal/persecuted), but don't remember much else about it. I will think and try to remember if it was any good, haha.
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I don't know if you're taking recs/additions, but here are a few I read last year that fit the criteria for dystopia novels:
The Holy Machine, Chris Beckett: 'the city state of Illyria was founded as a refuge from the wave of fundamentalism that swept away the nations of the 21st century'; basically, a 'can machines have consciousness' plot.
Metropole, Ferenc Karinthy: 'on his way to a linguists' conference in Helsinki, Budai finds himself in a strange city where he can't understand a word anyone says'.
Shades of Grey, Jasper Fforde: a future society in which people are arranged by their perception of colour, and 'life is lived according to The Rulebook'.
Metro 2033, Dimitri Glukhovsky: 'the year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. A few thousand live on... in the Moscow Metro'.
I didn't like all of these equally, and they're extremely diverse in style and origin - but they all got pretty good reviews.
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The Holy Machine looks pretty interesting as well. I just did a cognitive science class so this will fit in quite nicely.
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Fuck off back to trollville, Troll.
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I'm so frustrated with myself, I think I saw The Chrysalids at the thrift store last time I was there. I'm hoping it's still there, when I go on my lunch break tomorrow. Knowing my luck it won't be because I was last there a few weeks ago.
Did you read these all through the library or do you own them?
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